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tdtt ninetysecond yarno 40 dmx jfttt acton ontario wednesday april 5 1967 authorized a second clan mail c-l- n by thr pot office department otuw eighteen pages ten cents i vmbgeof longer the police village of orton no longer exists the ontario municipal board has approved an application by the village trustees that it dissolve the vu- lage effective april 3 the board agreed that in re cent years the cost of admin istration particularly road maintenance was too heavy a burden the board felt it was in the best interests for all concern ed if the townships of erin and bast garafraxa in which the village was located took over the community orton has been in existence for rjo years and had a popu lation of 58 persons oumster hit by car wed kindergarten student bert post 17 mill st was struck by a car and injured last wed nesday afternoon on mill west in front of the laundro mat at 440 pm the young ster ran onto the road in the path of a car driven by hen- drik kuiperij rs 1 acton he suffered bruises and lacer ations to his head and back and after examination in the nearby office of dr brian moore he went to guelph for xrays cons bruce macarthur in vestigated choraliers sing at guelph legion acton legion choraliers were entertainers at the social evening following tjie induction of over 30 new members into the john macrae branch of the legion in guelph last fri day evening they sang a live ly program and were very well jmmamaw whdumc they are holding extra- prac tices and increasing their rep ertoire for their engagement to sing at expo this summer following the guelph date they received an unexpected and very welcome donation of iso toward their expo expen ses is best yet 800 applaud skaters undoubtedly the best carniv al to date according to all con cerned was the one iced sat urday evening at the end of the sixth year of figure skat ing in acton just over 75 children were matched by al most an equal number of as sisting adults to put on the co lorful show for an admiring audience of over 800 a re cord high concluding her second year with the club professional mrs nancy skuce and actons sally wilson both silver med allists concluded many many hours of planning and prac- tceinafinalswirlolblades and burst of cheering as they accepted flowers at the end of the smoothpaced centennial show it was definitely the best carnival et said figure skat ing club president phillip mc- cristall its a new club com ing up with improvements each year this vcar we had more costumes and better id eas on how to run it he added it was the best year for cooperation too a record number of nearlv 80 parents helped when the names were all added up and one of the main things was the wav the two profes sionals worked together he concluded with admiration he explained during the last three weeksjhey s ma extra hours together working the carnival all out they did all the choreography themselves last year mrs skuces par ents helped her in tasks that this vear could be taken by lo cal people who- have been gaining their experience in car nivals gradually harold townslev prepared the music and the tapes were plaved bv ed lcathcrland the fiance of skating teacher sallv wilson heading the carnival com mittee were mrs harold townsley mrs g de bruvn and mrs stu reed costumes ere highly prai sed this vear and mrs reed designed most of them there were no rentals at all and the costumes will be stored for fu- lure use ca storage area has been prepared for them in the community centre the most striking headdress- outdoor sportsmens show buffalo roast c of c hopes j i- j 4 r vetitan uooo donor who totalled over 128 donations between them were presented with special certificates at thursdays blood donor clinic in the legion nail nurse jdne lawrence made the presentation top to haro halladay left for 27 donations and elmer roszell who has made 29 bottom sharon saunders presents ray mason with his certifi cate and miss lawrence makes the presenta tion to rev stanley gammon pastor of acton baptistchurcrf cctrptmasontiavehis 43rd pint of blood at the clinic while mr gammons donation was his 29th staff photos nothing settled esquesing council committee of adjustment discuss thorny issue of land separations esquesing council and the township committee of adjust ment found they could come to no agreement with each other because there was disag reement among themselves concerning the direction es quesing should take on land separations for building hou ses in the township asked t apjieai b the regular meeting of the town ship council monday night fol lowing a recommendation they made to slow down separa tions from one to four years the committee of adjustment and council could come to no conclusions there were differences of opinion on almost all matters up tor discussion on changing the present legislation which allows one reparation at a time to a total of four from each 100 acres councillor c f pat patter son listened to two suggestions for cutting down separations before he told the meeting the township could not continue to go the way they were go ing lets look ahead to the fu ture he said we could have an education tax rate that will put the farmer out of busine its not the farmers business to sell off lots theres got to be a brake put on it some where if we on council dont do it somebodys going to tell us to do it he continued mr plunkett ma be right he said refemng to the plun kett report which recommend ed the norlhern part of halton be kept rural the education tax is higher than i ever thought it could be councillor george currie dis agreed if vou never sell an other lot were stilt going to have to pav for high schools in milton georgetown etc the additional cost could break us interjected reeve george leslie were not going to stop the towns from growing opined mr currie edwin harrop chairman of the committee of adjustment told the m that allowm new houses in the township was oni making conditions worse good quaht homes never hurt anybody retorted coun cillor currie we should decide whether fsquesing is an urban or a rural area said councillor patterson it its urban throw it wide open if its rural put the biakes on im a guv who sus w should be farm ing the country were head ing for chaos as long as we leave it open we cant blame people for taking advantage of the situa tion we need intestinal forti tude to close it off contipu- ed mr patterson clerk k c lindsav when questioned on the number of lots sold said 1913 were sold in the 10 years from 19s3 to 1963 last year there were 102 landscaptd mods of actons new cen tennial library which won a first prize for a graduating student of the niagara park com mission school of horticulture was received by the town this week the model will be on display as soon as possible the entire gradu ating class assisted in the proiect staff photo sepatatiurrsi a lot of 10 acre lots sold before the bylaw was put through said the clerk you can sell 10 acre lots to our hearts content theyre con sidered farms just in one area of the township though said coun cillor patterson no all oer said the jerk the plight of eldcrlv couples wishing to build a small house came in for discussion after a committee recommendation to limit lots to 20000 sq ft and houses to 1200 sq ft mr harrop said a 20l10 sq ft lot was not going to affect the number of land separa tions he cited nassaguweva where houses could only be built in specified areas vil lages dont think thev arent go ing to get bus making lounc sters there too said council lor curne bigger villages and then ou are faced wulf scvvir and wat er problems cautioned the clerk what do ou think the cure is asked mr currie cut down land separations answered councillor pat pat terson the ensuing discussion on 10 acre lots broiuht torth sug gestions for increasing the minimum lot se to 2 acres and a suggestion from dcnnv charles to enforce 20 000 sq ft this week is chamber of commerce week across canada and although the acton group has its main event of the year on saturday april 29 for cen tennial year they also have oth er plans under consideration for a centennial feast cham ber of commerce officials have placed an advance order for a thousand pound buffalo with the department of indian af fairs each year a certain number of buffalo are slaught ered and sold commercially and the meat is a treat thats not easy to obtain just when acton shoppers will meet acton merchants over a buflalo steak sandwich has not been definitely decided it is possible actomans will shuf fle off to buffalo meat this spring chamber member john shad- bolt whois irrottawa orrbusi ness is checking up on the acton c of c menu this week for he big centennial fair weekend the chamber is put- ling out feelers in all directions for the lining up of canadas first outdoor sportsmens show the show which would run the same time as the fair could be across the lake at the nelles farm inquiries made give probabil- two incidents 17 charges hkl m opp report officers of the acton de tachment patrolled 752 miles and worlced a total of 200 hours during the period mar 26 to apnl 1 inclusive acton op p report there was r ity of trap shooting with the 1966 canadian trap shooting champion demonstrating arch ery the black gunpowder club with ancient blunderbusses dog trials a flying exhibition and of course commercial ex hibits a few especially keen mem bers of the chamber are pur suing the possibility of the sportsmens show with much enthusiasm another aspect of current planning is the hope of form ing an agricultural society here member john rol is still investigating the possibility and trying to determine how much interest and support there would be of course the main event of the month coming shortly af ter the chamber of commerce week is the annual citizen of the year dinner this year the dinner is being expanded into a more social evening with a program and a dance following in the band hall it is a pleasant occasion for all actonians and its ex pected the usually good attend ance will be increased this cen tennial year as usual the members of the chamber have had several sug gestions as to this years choice of citizen of the year but they arc glad to hear from anyone else orval chapman is in charge this var es were again this year made by mrs skuces mother prom montreal her parents were here for the show the lighting effects were unusual in charge of spot lights were john buckman and vic bristow with assist ants kevin hall ab irwin and others jim inglis looked after the gale with the help of others howard pearce gave the com mentary and president phil mccrisiall spoke briefly in ap preciation of the cooperation and therowd attending on theifrlday evening be- jorcthe pirnival the-15ee-be- gan itldaint the ice and dec orate the boards hang the curtains ebver the lights and build the little train among the most active workers at the head o a roster of volunteers were harold townsley john buckman ab irwin ed lea- therland frank thompson and don ford after the dress rehearsal saturday morning the child ren and their parents enjoyed hot dogs chocolate milk- pop coffee and cake in a kind of preshow celebration the two sections of the pro gram were canadas north land and canada west to east and ithe centennial theme carried through every number continued on page two herman healers centennial hymn puhhshedl now on sah hymn to canada the song written by herman freuler es pecially for canadas centen nial year has been published in sheet music form by the toronto branch of bmi cana da limited a large music firm it is now on sale at sixty cents a copy at watsons mus ic store the song had its premiere at the robert little school oper etta when diane frank and bob krul sang it to a delighted audience a four part arrangement of the tune has been made bv george elliott citizens band leader and also organist and choir leader of the united church he tried his arrange ment with some of his choir- members and had taped it for george musselle tlie lead er of the legion choraliers now that choir is having suf ficient copies made for all the members and mr elliott is transposing the piano arrange ment additional rehearsals are be ing held each week by the choraliers and they arc boost ing their repertoire prior to singing at expo on the domin ion day weekend extra en gagements and special events are piling up as they couple their preparation of the pro gram and their drive for funds to finance new uniform trous ers and some of their montre al expenses as amhucan beauty rose lynne dunn had a featured solo 27 at magistrates court in milton one charge of having liquor other than his residence resulted to an outoftown per son two motor ehicle accidents were investigated one a per sonal injury accident involv ing a pedestrian the other a propertv damage accident be tween two vehicles one driver of which was charged with im paired driving there were 17 charges and 20 warnings issued under the highwa traffic act eight teachers resign from public schools acton public school board will lose eight teachers three fiom rhe m z bennett school and five from robert little this scar it was disclosed at the board s regular meeting tucsdav night miss k heller mrs j an- deison and miss d lerch have resigned from the m z ben nett staff thev teach kinder garten grades one and four icspectivelv marv beth elliott kinder garten v e r 1 1 v mcintosh grades 12 carol pugslev grades 34 mrs marlene tiron art and marian gallaugher have resigned from the robert little school staff calgary stamkdbrs in fringed buckskin and ten gallon hats are linda perry karen townsley debbie hurgett ann marie lufy susan hurgett and gerda seix a chuck wagon was pulled onto the ice for the western num ber staff photo i 4-