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h the acton free prei wodnetdey january 18 w67 z election lever starts ibllh four candidates for halton east m w field secretaries annual conference twentyfwo blind flelutsec- retarie from all over ontario met in toronto i recently for their annual conference on future benefits for the wind of the province with the can adian national institute for the blind these men are res ponsible for the cnib service program on a community lev el w k lawson the local cn ib representative for halton y county reported that the con- charged with capital mur- some other type of aattetance provided by the cnib here la ontario through p of blindness and promotion of eye safety the cnib- serve not only the 8000 blind of the province but the whole popu lation the onib man j con cluded life sentence for murder the strange lure of politics worked overtime in the new halton fast provincial riding this week as two liberals and two progressive conservatives announced their candidacy for their party nomination the riding a result of pro vincial redistribution in ims consists otoekville mliton georgetown and esquesing township as far north as lot 22 in each concession the sadden rise in interest stems from a toronto an- that a provincial william b 8akgant election is likely to be called by premier john itobarjts for late spring so far oakville liberals murray haesler and robin skuce and oakville p cs wllliuti b sargant and bill bateman nave tossed their po litical hats into the ring however the field is still wide open and theres specula tion that as many as five or six will seek each of the old line parties nomination 9o-jr- nouncement of a candidate for the new democratic party councillor william gillies of oakville was the partys can didate in the last provincial election held in the fall of 1963 heltons current representa tive george kerr pc of bur lington is expected to seek re election but in the new riding of halton west halton west consists of burlington mas- agaweya township acton and the upper portion of esques- ing township as yet there has been no announcement of pos sible candidates for either the new democratic or liberal parties in that riding wtntaaa b sargant a 22- yearold university of guelph student started the political ball rolling late lasfweek with the announcement that he would seek the progressive conservative nomination in the new riding of halton east a graduate of t a blake- lock high school and a sec ond year student in a recrea tion directors course at the u of g mr sargant declared im close to the youth of the riding and i think i could in terpret their problems i have been given encouragement by older party members and i have no intention of trying to pit the young guard against the old guard the youth of ihb country- wants to help and they will if given the oppor tunity although born in hamilton mr sargant was raised and stiu lives in southwest oak ville bronte hes a member of the church of the epiphany anglican in oakville and is an associate editor of the on- tarian the university news paper he manages the inter collegiate hockey team and is an assistant scoutmaster in guelph mr sargant hopes to fol low in the footsteps of the late stan hall and mr kerr present halton member george kerr in providing good repre for the although he couldnt make accurate guess of when the election might be he did hope it fan in april thats wr omnf a story in last weeks free press indicated an accident on the kelso road january 7 in volved a car driven by leroy mclaaac of rjt 4 acton ac- tuady mr mclsaacs car was parked on die sme of the road at the law of the accident the other car driven by a mil- toa amen patrick carr skidded and cobmti with the parked mcfaaac car emtle the driver vm tflyaag to avoid an oncom- tv when iii be writing my final exams if however he is no- jninated 111 campaign dili gently and ir elected ill de vote jull time tp representing the riding belaid murray j haesler a toron- tobom criminal lawyer said- ive always thought id like to seek a political office and i decided three months ago to try for the liberal nomination in this riding an oakville resident for the past four years mr haesler was elected to oakville coun cil for a twoyear term in 1965 the 29yearold osgoode hall graduate is a father of three and received his high school education- in mimico and his college education at the uni versity of toronto tnk b a new riding and our party will need someone who can do something at the polls i think fcan he re ported mr haesler believed the foremost problem facing the government will be to get closer to the people the pro vincial government might as well be in ottawa it is as hard to reach he declared he would be ac tively seeking the nomination and plans a press conference for this week the probable date for the election would be the first week in june he indi cated murray haesler mr haesler and his law partner operate offices in both oakville and toronto he his wife and three children aged five four and oneyear live in oakville he hasbeen prac tising law for the past four years robin skuce 29yearold na tive of ireland and father of three stated he would seek the nomination for the liberal party in halton east mr skuce elected president of the halton east liberals late last fall said he has al ready sent in a letter of resig nation to the association he has been in canada for 10 years the last three as head of the french department a appleby college oalmlle the candidate for the liber al nomination indicated mv best guess is the diction will be held in the spring probab ly may or june he said it was expected the ridings nom ination convention would be held in mfdfebruary and not ed the association is trying to line up bob nixon newly named ontario liberal leader as guest speaker it is under stood the convention will be arranged to fit in with mr nixons schedule mr skuces education in cludes two years at trinity college in dublin two years at the university of toronto- he graduated with honors from a modern language course two years of post graduate work in edinburgh scotland and two years at vic toria college in toronto where he was ordained in the united church- his five years in the minis try included appointments to charges in northern ontario and toronto as well as being a chaplain in the canadian army reserve in 1963 he moved to oak ville to teach at appleby col lege and since that time has been active in halton child rens aid society work and community boys work mr skuce said he first started to think seriously about running for the nomina tion two weeks ago he indi- cated he had been approached j by active riding liberals william bateman of oak ville business administrator of the oakville board of parks management is the second pc to enter that partys race for the nomination he is first vicepresident of the oakville progressive conservative as sociation and has been active in county politics forseveral years although mr bateman says he is very definitely interest ed in running he was wait ing to check with his employ- i ers before making a fiml com mitment to enter the race the parks board was just be- ing appointed this week an he wanted to discuss his am- bitions with its members a native of toronto he is married and has two children aged eight and five he is 34 years old mr bateman worked for the trafalgar township parks board until it was amalgam ated with oakville eight years walker lodoi af am officers for 1967 took over during the first meeting of the year recently front row left to right are secretary w bro herb ritchie senior warden george lee worshipful master e g franklin junior warden dpn van fleet and director of cere monies h b rargsden second row feft to right are senior deacon vic patrick senior steward ray thompson junior deacon alf duby junior steward ray mason and organ ist j lowrie bacjs row is inner guard c l rognvaldson missing when photo was taken were chaplain george musselle treasurer r h elliott tyler s j joe and ipm t s newton centennial services planned in all 12 eramosa churches first fire i 67 m cobble m the 12 churches in eramosa township will all be participat ing in holding special services during 1967 a church organ ization section of the eramosa township centennial committee has announced a schedule of services the first will be at barne hill church on january 29 when prof theakston avill give an illustrated lecture on expo 67 and there will be a snort musical program in the ensuing months the other 11 churches will organize services tobe attended by he- general public during the year february eden mills presby terian church march eden mills united church april ev- erton disciples church may mimosa united church june oustic roman catholic church july rockwood anglican church august rockwood presbyterian church septem- ber rockwood roman cath olic church october rock wood united church novem ber speedside church decem ber stone united church acton firefighters answered theirflrstcall jijj67 friday afternoon when they raced to a car fire on cobble hill road when they arrived at the scene the fire had been exting uished it is believed the car was driven by ralph mathews and had backfired causing a fire under the hood if you dip the roasting fork in butter before sliding the marshmallow on it and hold the fork level while toasting the marshmallows will 6lip easily off the fork village history skits music in town hall centennial show mrs milne has done a won derful job in putting together this event and is thrilled at the cooperation she has received anyone wishing transportation please phone 4569946 and it will be readily provided frank ahaop will be master of ceremonies with mrs allsop as pianist others assisting are t d mccutcheon dick dup- uis l deebank frank schnel- rob1n skuce bill bateman ago pnor to that he was with the building developrmnt de partment of toronto town- snip the ontario dcpailment of mines for three vears and the water engineering depart ment of metro toronto for two years all my life has been spent in municipal work of one kind or another and i feel this experience will be aluablc to me he indicated unlike the other three an nounced candidates mr bate man did not think the election would be held in the spring or summer of this ear but in the fall on the provincial leel he feels the government has been running smoothly but seeral farming matters should be cleared up in the near fu ture one other possible candidate rumored to be seeking a hal ton east nomination was mav- or mclean anderson of oak ville but on monday he em phatically denied the rumor rockwood mrs max milne fund will buy sweaters for pee of rockwood is not depending wee and squirt ball teams in isetobeginacen eramosatownsbip tennial project but has her own all well planned in the rockwood town hall on the ev enings of february 3 and 4 lo cal talent and others who once claimed rockwood as their b home town will join to bring two full evenings of enjoy ment mrs- milne has contacted and been contacted by many who are more than willing to help in any way to make the project a success a short his tory of rockwood will be pre pared and with readings vocal solos instrumentals skits group singing and square dan cing the program offers wide variety a prize will be given for the best costumed performer 1800s and the best oldtime number several other prizes have also been donated the program will begin each night at 8 pjn part of the proceeds will go toward a large bench which will be placed near the cenotaph this is hoped to be especially beneficial to senior citizens the remainder of the stating he was too busy with municipal work in oakville to devote the time to a provin cial members work several others are rumored to be in the race for either liberal or conservative nom inations but at press time to day could not be contacted or were still thinking about their decision der and mrs f taylor the chairman of eramosa town- ship cf ntrnnial commirtne ference focused attention on the position of the blind in modern society the group xamtnrd the cn ib aid to 130 blind university students in canada they are studying a variety of subjects including electrical engineer ing and comparative euro pean literature some students whh resid ual vision read inkprint books with special magnifiers pro vided by the cnib others use the cnib library which pro vides recorded and braille books transcribed by volun teers n mr lavaon reported that 33 blind ontarians were newly employed in industry alone during the last fiscal year bringing the total to over 215 blind workers in manufactur ing plants outside the onib the field man was proud of eight blind people in a new ca reer computer program ming thisrsafietbkih future for the blind as great as the broadening horizons of mo dern science in the field of re habilitation the cnib helped 28 newly blind persons this year through the specialized adjustment training course where they learned skills for daily living such as typing braille and traveltraining among the many duties of the majority of field men is the administration of one of 10 district residences which pro vide a home atmosphere and recreation for 512 elderly people the conference studied ex pansion of services lor them prevention of blindness was a topic of active discussion last year 2771 had sight sav ed or improved through eye examinations operations or der of an l8yeayid burling ton girl on september 27 a hamilton man was convicted of noncapital murder by the supreme court jury in milton monday night mr justice r morand sentenced the 31- yearold to life imprisonment the court case caused wide spread interest during the past week it was the first murder rial held in the halton court house in several years it was opened tuesday or last week and ended monday night when the jury brought in its verdict special arrange ments had been made to bouse the 12 male jurors in a motel several miles from milton and they were bussed to and from the court each day while the trial was being held in the fall of 1964 three manslaughter cases were heard in the halton supreme court sittings two of the ac- cujedwxe sentenced to three and 10 year terms and the third was freed at least two others facing murder charges in recent years have been found insane during prelimin ary hearings and unfit to stand trial aw44 we stock and onhr mccall butterick simplicity patterns hintons 5c to 100 store mrs milne would like as many as possible of the aud ience to he in costume as well but no prizes have as yet been donated for this for further information please call 856- 9948 or 8569942 make your plans include both february 3 and 4 at the town hall a dif ferent program will be pres ented each evening a jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay muck sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and suppues dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv class fs acton phone 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