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i j uull ninetysecond yearno 37 ytvsvsststszi osw acton ontario wednesday march 15 1967 sixteen pages ten cents concerning with esqu lina town acton council polished off a large agenda last night tues day in less than three hours and adjourned to inspect the new fire truck which arrived from quebec with fire chief mick holmes at the wheel at 940 pjm the sparkling new truck a s2199s expenditure 8100 of which is covered by grants through the emergency meas ures organization also has a twoway radio installed for an additional 715 the town now has two well equipped fire trucks and a rural truck is also installed in the fire hall a letter was received from esquesing council inviting a delegation from acton council to meet with them on monday march 20 at 8 pm for the pur pose of discussing the town dump and its possible reloca tion number two committee wlh attend the meeting in an effort to work out some solu tion for the rapidly unusable dump below glenlea subdivis ion councillor g w mckenzie said he made a personal poll of people in the glenlea sub division and he didnt find one person in favor of keeping the dump in its present location he was questioned by council lor tyler about the location of those polled but felt it wasnt necessary to produce this mayor duby said he hoped the joint meeting with esques ing would produce some re sults at least people will see we are trying to do something about this he stated with councillor charlie per ry in the chair council spent most of the meeting in commit tee of the whole main discus sions were on centennial cele brations in acton a brief to be submitted to county council re garding a proposed road from the second to the third line and ing a question whether any- thing- was being done for school children in centennial year mayor duby told council the centennial committee had done its job chairman r r parker was still working with it and would be willing to cooperate with any individual or organ ization needing the commit tees help he said the com mittee decided to concentrate on the fall fair as the major project reeve bert hinton felt how ever there was a lack of co ordination between the differ ent bodies he felt mr parker should be advised these senti ments were abroad and even the fall fair program was un clear perhaps he said the program committee should start out fresh mr hinton said his extreme concern was with the organizations they detachment reports charges convictions from march 5 to 11 officers of acton detachment worked a total of 240 hours and patrol led 765 miles this weeks reg ular report states there were no accidents reported and six charges laid which include five traffic and one lcja charge with 42 traffic warnings issued occurrences of a criminal na ture were one disturbance one car theft and nine others which in brampton reformatory on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm on another adult the other conviction was a similar charge which was in flicted by the father on hlj chhd and he received suspend- h ed sentence and was placed on probation for 18 months cpl ray mason adds i would like to remind the citi zens who telephone the police may be at tault but it is the responsibility of the program committee to see the items are carried out the committee made it quite clear to the organizations re torted the mayor their only function was to correlate think ing for a planned program no organization was committed to a definite program the com mittees job is done the reeve persisted by sug gesting the committee be given the responsibility of insuring a program for four days at the fair lets insure the success of the fair he said mr hint on cites the legion as an ex ample of one organization not prepared to run anything for centennial year we need the program committee to give leadership he insisted im surprised at mr hin- tons concern now said the mayor its march 1967 the choraliers are holding a big dance theyre part of the done for school child- deputyreeve frank oakes interjected were drifting from the minutes is anything were ot a minornature two offi w are out persons were escorted to mil ton jail one for nonpayment of a lca fine and the other charged with a violation of the liquor control act magistrates court held on monday march 6 consisted of two cases from which there were two convictions one per son was sentenced to one year definite and three months in definite with time to be spent on patrol to listen to the re cording fully and only after they hear the two beeps to leave their name and address or telephone number and they will be contacted when the officer returns to the office the reason for this advice is because every week this office receives several calls on the re corder with no message left or it is incoherent call for blood a telephone canvass has been organized so every home will be contacted in the latest search tor blood donors mrs w ftnley is organizing the calling and has a list of many volunteers who are dividing up the names and numbers the next blood donor clinic la at the legion on thursday march 30 an agreement with an engineer- ing firm so a start could be made on an addition to the sewage plant councillor bob drinkwalter initiated the centennial cele brations by asking if the acton committee had flopped follow- cancer society names officers begtnans for campaign month alswjv the final tally from acton or the march of dunes was 2152 mrs d van fleet received the final word rec ently from headquarters in toronto april is cancer month and campaign chairman mrs ray arbic reported last week at a meeting of the local cancer society that captains are se lected and canvassers are be ing contacted the canvassing will begin april 1 with the ma jority of the area being can vassed the first week the meeting was held at the home of mrs william coats the committee for 1967 was named with mrs velma west as vicepresident mrs art ford as secretary robert hall was treasurer mrs coats as convener of services to pa tients harold denny as con vener of education and publi city and mrs arbic as cam paign chairman a report of the work of 1966 by the services to patients committee was given there were 2300 dressings supplied to make 150 dressings requir ed three volunteers for two hours mrs w dumarch is convener for dressings in transporting patients for treatment 2400 miles were covered each trip averages about three hours time for the volunteer driver drugs and housekeeping ser vices were also supplied for needy patients being ren discussion continued with the mayor stating the program committee did the job they were organized to do the reeve said he hoped he hadnt conveyed any criticism of the committee continued on page two school carnival has centennial angle this year the nowannual school car nival at the arena will have a special centennial flavor next wednesday- march 22 in the usual costume contest old- style clothing is being speci fied the four categories for judging are comic best pair most original and national there will also be a centen nial theme for the banner con test and these banners are to be left in the arena for cen tennial decorations recreation director howard pcarce has invited ii district schools to participate already the robert little school and m z bennett school have had their runoffs or skateoffs and selected who will repre sent theii schools speysidc also booked ice ttme to practice to defend the title they won for the past two years limchouse school is sending skaters in to practice thurs day morning ospringe skaters have been in twice among other schools invited cfe pineview glen williams rockwood brookvillc and os pringe deadline for entries is today this year the handicap sys tem will be adjusted accord- ing to a system agreeable to all schools point for each placing vary with registration at the schools giving a better chance of winninjz to small schools attendance and participa tion has been very good in the past few years since the com petition was initiated pfopuj on chu1ch st and its tributaries were sometimes amazed to see a pair of huskies pulling a sleigh with human cargo going liketysplit down the road during the winter right out of jack london the two dogs owned by kenny marshall 23 church st are pure bred siberian huskies and theyre being trained to participate in dog sled races full of beans when the weather is spark ling cold sam and karu as theyre called are being harnessed in one photo while kennys sister robin holds on to karu in the other staff photos conservatives gather friday to select ontario candidate y sometime late friday even ing the halton west progress ive conservative association will have a candidate for the next provincial election three party hopefuls contractor james snow univ ersity student william b sar- gam and oakville board of parks supervisor william bate- nnlan will stride into mtlton high school on st patricks nignt seeking the nomination guest speaker for the meet ing will be the hon robert welch provincial secretary close to 400 delegates as well as several hundred spec tators are expected in the school auditorium for the 8 pm meeting several party supporters have indicated that mr snow is favored to win in the threeman race youngster hurt by broken glass police warned youngsters to be more careful about throw ing missiles this week follow ing an accident to 10yearold blaine cleland in the alley way beside acton billiards blaine a grade fiv student the robert miss three meetings at the robert little schooir was returning home for lunch monday through the alleyway when a broken soft drink bot tle hit him on the head the youngster sustained a large laceration on the back of his head which required three stitches police surmised someone unnamed threw the bottle over the roof wonder if georgetown still interested in urban board a statement of intent from georgetown council will be sought on whether they plan to continue participation in the north halton urban board representatives of acton and milton councils agreed wed- nesdav evening the meeting was the third of the group this vear at which no georgetown representatues tfuy0 guest preacher for holy week dr crawford smith of guelph the guest preacher at the holy week services this year will be the rev dr d craw ford smith mc cd ba bd mth dx beloved and popular minister of knox pres byterian church guelph since may 2 1946 21 years as the degrees behind his name indicate he is both a distinguished padre and a man of high accomplishments in the world of learning during the second world war he was padre for six stojp kjn makmftmt accepts the bill torn shell trophy from the donor after his rink won the mixed curling second draw last night tuesday in a nerveshattering game with meb blows rink ruth leatherland vice is next to the skip henry leechman second and val drinkwalter lead viceskip helen otter- bein piloted the blow rink since meb was away george williams subbed for tiffy wilds and the other member was agnes holmes the marchment quartet did some fancy curl ing monday night as they defeated rev a mckenzies rink to make the finals staff photo and was decorated with the military cross for conspicuous bravery he continued to serve as padre of the uth field regiment in guelph un til a couple of years ago and was again honored with the cj the canadian forces decoration for king service in its units 22 years during his 21year ministry in guelph dr smith has be come a personal friend of thousands outside of his own flock and many of these turn to him for spiritual counsel and guidance when the need arises his own congregation has grown from 1000 members to 1800 members and this means that it is now the sec ond largest congregation of the presbyterian church in canada the largest is st andrews in kitchener with a membership of 2565 dr smith has carried on a sunday evening radio ministry over radio station cjoy in guelph for many years and manv actonarea people must know him on this account and have benefitted from his brief radio messages of christian counsel and inspiration the acton ministerial asso ciation is delighted that dr smith is taking time out of an exceedingly busy schedule to bring messages to the people of acton next sunday tuesday and thursday evenings and thev will be disappointed if large crowds do not turn out to hear them had been present the board is an unofficial group made up of cojncillors from acton mil ton and georgetown that dis cusses common problems and possible solutions chairman bob drinkwalter an acton councillor called for tirection on the future of the meetings at the conclusion of last weeks meeting mayor s g childs of milton suggested a definite statement be sought trom georgetown on whether thev wish to participate acton maor l duby sug gested if georgetown was not interested in the joint discus sions possibly acton and mil ton could continue members jgrecd to place georgetowns reply as the first item on the next agenda with the meeting scheduled for acton on april 12 the subject of a county wel fare administrator was intro duced but members noted ac ton clerkmanager jack mcgea- chie who was absent through illness would be able to offer more detailed information at a subsequent meeting acton representatives detail ed their study of a garbage in cinerator and their feelings a unit inspected in gait would be economical and sausfac- tory the combustion type of burner reduces the smoke and speed the disposal reducing the refuse to a minimum dfscuaatoos on the possibil ity of such a umt being prac tical on a joint basis between towns and townships were held and milton representa tives agreed they would want to see the unit the represen tatives also rrtfiewed the time of collection in gathering gar bage and the success in the use of plastic bags milton council representa tives introduced the problem of an addition to the district high school and the plans of the federal government to ter minate grants at the end of march councillor c johnson explained the difficulty that the school planned is for 1000 students and it wont reach that enrolment until 1971 he explained he knew georgetown has a composite school and had hoped they would haw been present for the discussion to detail maintenance costs the uussfliillly ot sharing the accommodation with acton pu pils was raised and mayor duby suggested if accommoda tion could not be continued at guelph and georgetown acton ought have to seek accommo dation in milton for pupils re quiring training not offered in acton the discussion wore on to a general revie o t cost o education at the municipal lev el and mayor oufcy suggested a per cartage on income tax for education would be more equitable than continuing the burden on property which af fects many on fixed incomes milton i told the meeting the town had ap proved me in the cen tral ontario ftcgionai develop ment council and mayor duby expressed bis pleasure