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m 4hiskry of halton recounted sf meeting of eden mills wj frank toth bp service station lias at home draws next mrs william mclean- sr jiojtevtte eden mills insti tute on wednesday- afternoon with a good attendance the raraent mrsr roy opened with a poem followed by the institute ode and mary stew art collect roll call was answered by the history of your home and wmijies who lived there which proved very interesting many thank you letters were read and invitations a motion was passed that as many as pos- aible go- to the officers con- ference at the university fourteen members voted to final arrangements for the euchre and penny sale were and district community club met monday evening in the community hall to talk over their centennial projects the rink has been flooded in the park and excellent skating has been available on the river at indian trail the eden mills united church held their annual meet ing on wednesday evening rev- leamon was chairman and ed parker secretary to hear the minutes and reports of the various committees in- chiding the building commit tee 1 election of officers for the year 1967 was as follows elders howard james cleric of session ed millson ralph born in hungary frank toth jr came to this country at the age of seven and after attending- school in acton and finishing his education at the guelph collegiate vocational institute he started into the garage business his first job in the garage was to apprentice with the late bill norton in the build ing where canadian tire cor- poratlon is located latfcr he continued his apprenticeship with lome gamer in 1951 he- erected the garage where be is presently located and started on his own- during the past is years he sold shell products and the first of this year changed over to bp products his garage has been remodelled to accom modate new equipment l and lighting during world- war ii mr toth joined the army and while serving overseas met and married his wife the for- w cbuise gaunt the couple nude the meeting was turn- thompson ed parker ed over to mrs w lasby who stewards robert wardle gave the history of halton ed watson ben saulnier earl county in 17jj4 the land was scott harold thompson nor- given to the crown the set man s marshall ters were mostly empire loy- sunday school superintend- alists halton lies on the shores of lake ontario and limestone and wood could be had in abundance several old family names were mentioned which brough back memories and ent mrs ralph thompson or ganist ed watson sec missionary maintenance mrs ralph thompson mrs harry mcintosh is spending the next two weeks at niagarafalls guests of mr three scrapbooks were on dis- and mrs bob simpson and play with old pictures and fac- family es mrs lasby was congratulat ed on her excellent program mrs w mclean gave a read ing the good old days bringing a historical program to a close mrs j gilbertson thanked the hostess and mrs mclean and her helpers mrs mr and mrs ashworth- and daughter betty toronto were recent visitors of mr and mrs bill mclean sr mr and mrs fred jennings werp in toronto sunday visit ing friends i the cardette held t heir- norm marshall and mrs w monthly gathering at donna wilson served ice cream and cliffords home monday eve- cake and a social half hour ning prize winners were fran was spent tolton margrwpodhouse and the executive of eden mills wilda macdowili flood control plan of authority begins have two sons raymond and bob and one daughter lisa hjs son raymond worked with his father after school for a number of years and be gan taking mechanics training last year he received his mech anics license from the depart ment of labor and the garage business developed into a fa ther and son business on monday the official op- ening of the new bp service will be marked with special free draws winners will be announced saturday february 18 when a representative from british petroleum will be on hand to draw winners names the frank tom garage- lo cated on guelph st now sports large mercury vapor lights over new pumps and two large spotlights which play on a new sign attached to the garage both mr toth and his son raymond will be at home next week to their many pres ent customers and look for ward to greeting many new ones the acton free press weetnesaay janu 25 1967 fj3- sition into doing the right thing y last weeks winners at the acton bridge club ware first mrs k coats and bill coats second tom warnes and chairs lie renwick third bill bar- bour and bill hamilton let s play bridxje i iy bill coats thecredlt valley conserva tion authoritys flood control plan got off the ground with approval of the first project of the scries grants for construction of- two dams at orangeville re ceived approval from the min ister of energy and resources manag onett the government will pay 75 per cent of the cost the authority has been pre paring for this project for five years and will finance its share 260000 over four years out of revenues paid from 16 member municipalities most of the land required for the reservoir at the head waters of the credit river has been owned bv the credit val- ley conservation authority water for augmenting the low summer flow of the credit river a secondary benefit will in clude local flood control down stream from the dam during the low periods of the summer 10 cubic-feet-per- second can be released to pro vide five times the present summer flow in this section of the river detailed design engineering will be done early this year by m m dillon limited toronto the authority expects to call kndersin the spring and hope construction will be under way by early summer it is anticipated this project will be completed in two years frank toth motors has changed over to bp products and official opening has been announced for next monday free draws will be held with winners announced in three weeks time the father and son team of frank and son raymond are seen as they stand by one of the new modern pumps re cently installed just one accident recorded in week during the period jan 15 to jan 21 inclusive personnel of the milton detachment ontar- ion provincial police worked a total of 952 s hours and pat rolled a total of 9054 miles on area highways as a result of patrol 78 traffic charges we r preferred 103lsrficvrotetion therewere two ijquor seiz- rences reported including theft of firewood from the lindsay property at rr 2 acton one other theft that investigation proved unfounded and one at tempt theft of gasoline from a school bus owned by george inglis campbellville met singer returns here for concert rockwood mrs max milne has received word from john rockwood of aspers pa ilsa that he will be pleased to come to rockwopd and sing at mrs milnes centennial con cert in rockwood town hall on february 3 and 4 john rockwood formerly with the metropolitan opera co of new york was better known by his many friends in the district as frank guild everyone is excited about see ing and hearing this talented rockwoodite again in his old home surroundings a small spot may be remov ed from painted walls or wood work by rubbing with a large pencil eraser an american contract bridge league franchise lias been re ceived by the milton bridge club this latest addition to duplicate bridge clubs in the area is scheduled to start op eration on the first wednes day of february the games are to tie held at the legion auditorium in mil ton with game- time at 8 pjn sharp i hope that all bridge players it the milton area who have not yet tried duplicate bridge- will come out and see what is is all about the director of the club is george solly of rjtj 3 camp- bellville if you would like any further information you just ask george all about it we have been suffering at tendance problems at the ac ton bridge club this year but last monday saw five and a half tables in play one rather interesting hand led to some questions being asked of this columnist board no 6 was played five times in contracts of four or five hearts in four cases dec larer made ii tricks in one case only 10 tricks were made r since my partner and i were on defense whenteclarer was held to 10 tricks some others wondered what possess ed me to lead a spade here is the hand the dealer is west and east west are vul nerable north s8 3 h q 7 2 d k q 4 ca k q 7 3 west east sa65 2 sk9 4 h j 10 3 h 6 d a 98 d j 73 2 c j 6 4 c 10 9 8 5 2 south s q j 10 7 h a k 9 8 5 4 dio 6 5 c void it would appear that south would show both hearts and spades on his hand west would be reluctant to lead a spade into such a bid hence most wests led either a club through dummys bid suit 6f led a trump when asked why i had led a spade i could only reply be cause of the bidding at our table it went like this attends course henry stanley haltons ag ricultural representative ait- tended a course for members of the extension branch on- tario department of agricul ture and food in toronto re cently the inservicetraining course provided an opportun ity for extension personnel to become more familiar with the factors which effect marketing of ontario farm products and will enable them to continue their leadership role in this field west north east south pass 1c pass 1h pass- 1 s pass 2 s pass 4h all pass well 111 confess north had me completely fooled i wassure that north and south held four spades each and i was going to give my partner a ruff once i saw dummy the deception was exposed my partner played the spade nine so i continued the suit the diamond return to wests- ace made up three tricks for the defense there is a moral to this fan cy bidding may fool the oppo- do you uke your hot water really hot and plenty of it for your laundry tor your bath for your dishes for your children for dozens of other things about the home since 1957 the reservoir when full will cover 430 acres north east of orangeville at maximum flood this will increase to 540 acres this will mean a con servation storage capacity of 2300 acrefet or 624 million gallons the main dam located just north of highway 9 will be 1700 feet long and 20 feet high at the highest point it will contain a concrete control structure to allow complete control of the water level the second or north dam will be 1800 feet in length and 17 feet high this dam is to prevent storage water from the reservoir spilling into the nottawasaga river system both dams will be of earth fill ed construction the primary purpose of this dam is to store spring runoff new president iiiiunmlau halton mutual aid firefight- ing service met last week for its annual meeting and elected ralph elderfield of burlington president he takes over the chair from alf waidie of mil ton vicepresident is glenn stringer of milton and secre tarytreasurer is jim coulson also of milton plans were nude for the annual banquet in april ray arbic sales manager ray e arbic has been ap pointed sales manager micro sales pipe and micro plastics division of building products of canada limited formerly sales supervisor at acton he will be located in the companys toronto office effective february 1 acruan hardtwist s 9 foot widths moss greom skoal 1195 sq yd room shta finished rug 9 x ir warnings were issued and 79 convictions registered during- this period only one property damage accident was investigated resulting in 150 damage t cause of this acci dent was a deer running in front of and being struck by a vehicle driven by lawrence k mills of 62 roseford terrace acton on highway 25 near 10 sideroad thursday there were 25 general occur- ures made and two liquor con trol act charges laid in con nection onfe disturbance re ported two persons- reported- missing and later located and one ausandoned vehicle remov ed from the highway the re maining occurrences were of a minor nature motorists are requested to take extra precautions in deer crossing areas to avoid acci dents and damage to their vehicles keys made while hintons 5c1 store wvwwv4vtv to the ratepayers of esquesing township please be advised that the last date for securing the maximum discount of 4m on 1967 tax- prepayment certificates is january l3i 1967 y- k c undsay tax collector if so youll like hydro new hot water service which provides you with a new modern automatic elec tric water heater and all the hot water you need for one attractive low monthly payment our afjwjubjpleasjdtg teiryou all about this all- inclusive hot water ser vice acton hydro erect rie commission 3 elgin st n 8532410 14740 jxju home furnishings 5l37 weejwfch st q i phoni anmao heading for snowy sioks sunny cumes or just staying home beat in aan tmh dry dunw by yew a and whatever yaw d ye fcaek yeur j when yawr dorhes afe free pick4ip and delivery gag aid makes your payments for you on loans over 1500 when you borrow money for any good reason its wise to protect yourself from unexpected hardship with 6ac aid plan coverage if you are unable to work lor more than 30 days due to -accident- or illness aid pays your monthly installments until you recover or until your loan is paid in full in the event of death aid pays the out standing balance of the loan in full aid is simple inex pensive provides workfwide protection and is avail able to all gac international customers up to age 65 whose loans exceed 1500 stop in or call find out how you can ret dollars worth of toaa protection for only pennies with gac aid of actons newest service station custom cuaners danrservtc hi by it ajav oat by 3 cash and camty mam sr n mom siiao frank toth motors 12 guelph st acton 8531840 monday january 30 1967 british petroleum is proud to include frank toth motors on its international list of service stations free draws dont forget to fill in a coupon with every 3 gas purchased you could win 1m prize 30 gals gas 2nd prize 20 gals gas 3rd prize oil chang and lubrication draws to be made february 18 1967 bring your present credit card and fill up with bp gasoline m-