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i w fithr news of the district erin the manufacture of equipment for the metalworking industry hre completely destroyed du the large barn owned by rm- ael longstreet cm tensideroad the 0 college between the 10th aiid town ap arts and technology s6t jack parkinson sergeant j parkinson takes charge of opp opp corporal c j jack parkinson has been promoted to sergeant and moved up to be officer in charge of the 22- man milton detachment ef fective monday of this week he replaces sgt w j grant who has been in charge of the milton detachment since jan uary of last year sgt grant was transferred to oakville opp detachment on monday and promoted to staff serg eant in oakville he replaces staff sgt c g tiny wilkin son also a former head of the milton detachment who was just promoted to the rank of sgtmajor and transferred from oakville to be senior nco in the administration unit of district 4 headquarters at niagara falls sgt parkinson a native of toronto began his service with the opp in january of 1949 when he was posted to the mount forest office in june 1951 he was transferred to godcrich and in october 1959 he was transferred to the wingham detachment as con stable in charge he was promoted to corpor al in may of 1963 and transfer red to the ivtilton detachment he and his wife and daughter lynn a stenographer at the halton county sherrifs of fice in milton live on anne blvd milton sgt parkinson is a member of the masonic lodge and his home lodge is maitland lodge no 33 in god- erich staff sgt w j gftant opp report mailboxes lcs stden during the period april 9 to 15 incluivo personnel of the milton detachment ontario provincial police worked a to tal of 9174 hours and patrolled a total of 8439 miles on nrci hiyhwivs as a result ol pall ol 21 traffic charges wore prefer red 58 traffic violation wu n- irigs were issued and 116 ve- new broker at rr1 moffat a seasoned traveller whos made a mark in real estate leonard r chandler rr 1 moffat has opened his own of fice adjoining his home at the firt line nassagavea and 25 sideroad mr chandler passed his real estate broker exams after standing second in sales dur ing 1965 for the guelph real estate board and tops in the starr organization he ells homes farms acreages busi nesses and arranges mortgag es as part of his service before going into real est ate mr chandler vvorksd as sales correspondent for a large electrical concern m toronto after coming to canada in 1957 previous to this he was a member of the british merch ant marine from 1939 to 1956 joining at 16 he participated in every major invasion dur ing the war was made an of ficer by the time he was 20 re tiring as second in command of his ship mr chandlers merchant ca reer took him to almost every point in the world except rus sia and he realized that am bition after he married a can adian girl whose father farm ed at forest he is enthusiastic about the possibilities in this area hides were safety checked there were no traffic court scheduled during this period there were five property dam age accidents and two personal iniury accidents investigated resulting in three persons being iniured and approximately 4- 226 in property damage caus es of accidents investigated wore inattentive driving driv er lost control fail to signal for turn and careless driving there were 38 general occur rences reported including two thefts of maiboxes one theft of 23 chickens from chester service at rr 3 milton a break and center at a cottage in escniesing tvvp in which noth ing was reported stolen one disturbance one person charg ed with public mischief one juvenile reported missing from esquesing twp and later re turned home one arrest for other police farces one miss ing luvemle located for other police forces one skidoo stolen from this area in november 1966 was recovered in the barrie area there were two liquor seizures resulting in three charges un der the liquor control act other occurrences were ot a minor nature during this period two es corts were supplied for cen tennial cara3ns travelling in this detachment area reports sgt j parkinson mmmmtmmmmkmmtmammmmmmmma any way you figure it the finest welcome to acton is welcome wagon a mat from our hostess ut auea you fttlat horn mtk her bask ot ittt and am to qimtioas bout km city its asmott aatf facdiuet jujp call phone 853w45 baabjaabsaseabbflai wbtxmmtb wwcoami ua thai coupon to tot ta kiwwr youre here kant i xtown i pleaae have the wel come wuw hottmscall j lines erin lost in the blaze were 14 sheep and five iambs as well as a quantity of hay and straw thirtyone angus cattle were driven to safety from the barn area by a passerby into tne nearbjr fields erin fire department answered the call but the fire had too much head start they were able to con tain the blaze to the barn itself the loss is partially covered by insurance reports of unidentified- fly ing objects came from erin township on the night of wed nesday april 5 mr h g boyle concession eight report ed he saw an ufo while gath ering maple sap it was mov ing southwest to northeast bluegreen in color and shaped like a zeppelin pointed out by his wife first mr boyle said the shape was fuzzy or gaseous fergus two constables have resign ed from the fergus police force within a few days of one an other delay in salary negotia tions is given for the loss of the men april fools day turned out to be a bad one for fergus council and many town citi zens backwash from the two- inch downpour that night flooded many homes and wash ed out roads the town has re ceived nine claims for damages so far from hbme and car own ers with more expected five of the nine asked for over 13000 in damages towns all along the grand river were affected by near- disaster flood conditions sim ilar to fergus on april 3 james bauer chairman of the grand river construction authority said the flood makes the con struction of more large dams imperative the sunday flash storm dropped li inches of rain on the valley swelling the river the authoritys shand and conestoga dams were al ready full when the storm start ed georgetown council served notice on es- ouesing township they would discontinue fire protection in the township unless an agree- 1 ment was signed by april 30 should- there be no signed agreement by then the township truck must be remov ed from the fire hall and the township pay thecosts of fire protection from november to april 30 resignations were accepted from 11 georgetown public school teachers while only three applications to teach have been accepted yoder equipment canada ltd officially opened its doors on april 5 expanding the in dustrial lineup in georgetown the new plant covers 25000 square feet and is engaged in capital contributions for singlefamily homes here were increased to 1050 from 700 last week capital contribut ions are payments made to the town by developers to cover development costs in new ar eas contributions were also increased for semidetached homes now 1300 threebed room multiples now 1250 and twobedroom multiples now 450 contributions for apartments will remain at 150 a unit high density apartments are the best revenue produc ers for the town a special costbenefit study has disclos ed the study found that most singlefamily homes town hou ses and maisonettes cost the town more than they produc ed in revenue the committee recommended that council ap- gourmet take out orders a specialty priced fram85c to 175 reliable snack bar delivery extra main st acton 8532570 lets play br i d g e by bill coats hopes to have c in-opera- tion by september although its exact location has not been decided yet the college will serve the wellington waterloo perth huron area one of 18 areas in tie province in which similar colleges are already or will be located there may be a need for more than one cam pus in this area whichtstretch- es from rockwood to goderich flans are to be furthered at a meeting wednesday of the caravan subcommittee of the committee aid chris v rob inson is chairman of this guelph canadian centennial group that is charged with ar ranging for the weeklong visit to guelph of the confedeera- tion caravan being located at exhibition park july 27 to au gust 2 the eight giant tractor trailer trucks and three station wagons are already on the roads of the country following a training program at centralia for the sixmonth tour with first showings to be may 1 brampton police closed a lottery sell ing tickets on the stanley cup semifinals between toronto and chicago two detectives netted over 12000 tickets in the raid they said the lottery would have netted its operat ors more than 3000 a game oakville council has rejected an of fer of 200 a month in return for exclusive salvage pickings in the towns sanitary landfill project a stoney creek man made the offer and agreed to post a 1000 bond to guaran tee the dump area would be kept neat and tidy but coun cillors felt if there was that much usable salvage in the garbage pit the town should be getting a share of it burlington the ability to get from one hand to another as declarer is important cards not only serve as tricks and stoppers but alo serve as entries some times when entries are short you may have to call upon the opponents to help you out here is a hand where the opposition could not stop declarer from doing what he wanted to do south are vulnerable north so 10 9 5 h4c3 dq84 c- j 9 4 west east s void s k j 8 7 3 h a10 8 5 2 7 6 point a committee to explore ways of determining a develop ment stabilization policy and find an administrative proce dure to implement it milton despite earlier predictions of a municipal budget by april 10 milton it not expected to set its mill rate until april 24 mayor sid childs called on the fin- ance committee to continue its study of local board and com mittee budgets despite the ab sence of the chairman parks hoard recreation committee and school board budgets have been returned to the groups for further reductions the town has asked the public school board to reduce its 442398 re quest by one mill eight teachers have resigned from milton public school board positions but three of the vacancies have been filled and several other prospects are negotiating with the personnel committee unidentified flying objects were sighted in the lowville- kilbridecampbellville areas on april 4 a kilbride lady and her teenage daughter witness ed the phenomenon described as the most beautiful color about asbig as a washtub d 10 9 7 3 dk 6 5 c 10 7 6 2 c a 8 5 south sa 64 2 jfcq j9 4 ima j 2 c q 3 the bidding south west north east int pass 2 nt pass 3 nt all pass the bidding requires only one explanation north south open one no trump on 12 14 points this explains souths opening bid although there are only 25 points between north and south three no trump has a much better chance with 14 points opposite 11 than with say 18 points opposite seven west leads the heart five which is won by declarers nine declarer leads a spade and finds west with a void east wins the spade queen with the king and leads last heart west wins and plays it safe by exiting with a heart declarer discards a low diam ond from dummy while east lets go of a spade declarer is very anxious to get to dummy to lead a spade there is a sure entry in clubs but this will cost a trick so declarer must do what he can the queen of clubs is led but east does not take the trick a low club is led and the jack is played in dummy- no matter what east does he must give dummy an entry if he wins he must lead to wards dummys high cards if he plays low declarer is in dummy where he wishes to be in actual practice east should play low declarer leads the spade ten and again east should play low now all declarer can do is play it safe the diamond queen is led and regardless of who has the king two diamond tricks are assured if east takes the second club lead declarer in all like lihood will make an overtrick sometimes the opponents must give you an entry even if they dont want to do so the- acton free press wednesday april 19 1967 jj3 program date set for hymn to canada hymn to canada herman freulers centennial composit ion will be heard cewst-to- coast on the radio show hymn sing on sunday evening may 7 at 530 pan he had known his song would be sung but just last week learned the date weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first jack coats and les filotas se cond harry frost and bill ha milton tied for third george solty and bill wandell with lloyd keir andd duke wilson critics wrong contemporary newspapers commenting on lincolns get tysburg address called it on ly a dozen commonplace sen tences silly flat and dish- watery and ludicrous anything more dull would not be easv to produce traffic accidents are tfie lea ding cause of death among persons from age five to 31 lawn take care of your lawn with cll fertilizer 777 gardenite 50lb bag 329 777 gardenite 25lb bag 199 1064 cll turf 50lb bag 329 peat moss 2 cu ft bag 215 peat 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