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mtw is- teens hike 40 miles for acton cancer fund rain project action a teenage group with only one event tin ier their belts had the atten tion of the town and district focussed on them on them sat- urday as they staged a mara thon jfrmlle walk in aid of the cancer society starting at thornhlll at 7 aon 21 walkers completed the trek from about 80 who started out raiting over 1550 forthe cancer society course was 40 miles along number seven high way local s backed the stuntto the tune of 20 cents a mile and the wearisome grind through buffeting winds drenching rain- and dropping temperatures caught the imag- inatlon of acton and district crowds assembled at the cor ner of queen st e and chur chill rd to greet the bone- weary marchers as they walk ed stumbled and ambled over an imaginary finish line first home over the long course were three student ath letes from grades nine and 10 at the high sc bo turk- oss mike marchment and7ack irwin had a commanding lead as they made acton it approx imately 6 pm 11 hours after airy left the bus at thornhlll they were scarcely marked by the ordeal they were followed- by 18 more who hobbled in in solos ht ninetysecond yearno 43 pairs threesomes and quar tets until 21 teenagers crossed the finish line the last pair ar riving around 1030 pjn well wishers and parents greeted them with a car horn fanfare which in spite of cold chhry weather and pro longed strain brought wreaths just too w1ary and com to emerge from the back seat was vern denny following his 40 mile jaunt saturday he was one of first in staff photo of smiles to faces some of them were hustled home for hot baths and tr from the linaraent bottle others stuck around to see others come in acton cancer society cam paign chairman mrs ray arbic and information chairman har old denny were on hand- to greet marchers as they finish ed they were joined later by vicepresident mrs vd ma west they were enthusiastic in their praise for the group and like hundreds of others heaped praise on the marchers for the pluck and endurance they dis played under adverse weather conditions- marchers assembled at the community centre at 6 ajn where they were taken by a bus donated by tyler transport and driven by ted tyler jr to the junction of no 7 and no 11 highways at thornhiu several cars drove an overload of walkers drivers included mrs marion reed roger mc- dougall norm braida larry allen hartley coles and sue clarke who along with the project action executive dream ed up the event the hiker tumbled out of the bus and cars and started right out like homing pigeons along no 7 highway they were soon strung out all along the road with distances in creasing between groups and some who developed fatigue tight muscles and blisters early dropping out most of the teeners walked over 10 miles before dropouts started by the time they reach ed brampton ranks were dwin died to around 30 susan clarke along with ed long guelph high school eta- dent had a shuttle service go ing before long both clocked around 400 miles collecting dropouts and ed hustled up a cquple of doxen pairs of mitts for marchers when tempera- tures dropped quickly council commends teen walkers a letter of congratulations to the youngsters who took part in the walkin from thorn hill and toronto to actotf last saturday was to be sent with full council endorsement thekids have got what it- takes council agreed at their tuesday meeting the mayor also expressed appreciation to the local peo ple who sponsored the walkers which resulted in over 500 being raised for the cancer so ciety -i- high school teacher bill coats and other friends and parents of the walkers brought out supplies of dry warm cloth ing and refreshments as well as helping out with transport ing droptouts after the first trio hit the fin ish line they were followed by vern denny nigel spicer and lyn perry each oh their own a quartet composed of peter mario blrnie benton jim cooney and doug allen finish ed the 40 miles next about 7 pun then gord dawe hans an derson paul mokrycki andd bui semanec drifted in with darkness descending the first three girls who fin ished irene severinski marie timbers and marianne coles had made it to georgetown by 7 pm and they took the last ine mile lap in two hours fin ishing about nine oclock in pitch blackness they received a warm welcome by the enthus iastic crowd at masson motors terry curts and paul dupuls limped ove the finish lin next as the hands of the clock hov ered around 10 final finisher- was weary sharon white a determined grade 10 student who made it home around 1015 encouragment was supplied on the last laps for late walkers continued on page three acton ontario wednesday april 26 1967 sttt btt sixteen pages ten cents sent for committee study proposal would reduce clerks authority a resolution outlining polic ies and guidelines for munici pal business was presented by councillor tyler and reeve hinton the resolution reads as follows that the policy of this council be fl whenever possible all- business related to various de partments of town be discuss ed at committee level 2 the various departments be informed of the decision or instructions of the commit tee or council via the clerk who will act as a liaison be tween the parties involved 3 situations of unusual na ture or emergency may be dealt with by the chairman of the various committees confid ing with the town superin tendent or department head if other committee members are j hot readily available 4 situations such as the aforementioned will not neces sarily be acted upon through the clerks office 5 the clerk will as much as possible devote his time to the clerical duties of the town in speaking on the motion councillor tyler said it was his opinion that elected councillors had less authority to deal with the works staff than the clerk- administrator he thinks the clerk is very capable and quali fied to handle the clerks duties but felt the clerk was no more qualified to administer and make the daytoday decisions than elected councillors mr mcgeachie expressed his opinion that the passing of this resolution would eliminate his duties as administrator un buy new pickup truck for towns work staff two opposite views on the condition of the 1962 town pickup truck were expressed at the tuesday night meeting when council accepted the ten der of thompson motors to purchase a new pickup truck no 2 committee had recom mended the purchase of the new truck councillor tyhir objected to the purchase suggesting that it would be cheaper to install a rebuilt dropin motor install new tires and repair the body of the present truck than to purchase a new one reeve hinton supported his proposal that the committee review the condition of the present truck suggesting that councillor tyler was the most qualified councillor to pass an opinion on the trucks condi tion in outlining his reasons for maintaining the present truck mr tyler said a rebuilt drop- in engine could be installed at from 300 to 350 a quota tion had been received by the town for the installation of a new dropin motor at 600 he felt the truck needed a ring and valve job at the most since it only has 32000 miles on the speedometer and is far from being worn out he said that following the last committee meeting when the truck had been inspected at 10 oclock at night he had followed this with an inspec tion in the daytime when he determined the condition was not as bad as appeared at the nighttime inspection councillor williams said the truck needs a new motor tires continued on page three der the proposed change each committee chairman would have the authority to issue in structions to the town super intendent on each work project undertaken mayor duby agreed most councillors and committee chairmen- were very capable but because they were elected were subject to change where as the position of clerkadmin istrator is a permanent one and gives continuity to opera- lions he also reviewed the present system whereby a committee makes the decision on what citizen of year dinner saturday at band hall ticket sales are brisk for the annual chamber of commerce citizen of the year dinner this saturday evening in the band hall committee mem bers planning the event prom ise the program will be brisk too there will be a reception dinner then the presentations followed by a dance the dance la an innovation for this annual event previ ously there has been a guest speaker its expected the em phatically social nature of the evening will be especially en joyed by members of the chamber and the many guests who attend each year a citation will be read to george musselle who was na med citizen of the year for 1967 he will lead the choral- iers when they sing at expo the traditional citation is being prepared and read by ted hansen mayor les ouby will also speak briefly dancing will be to the mu sic of the flower town five a catering firm will provide the dinner work is to be undertaken the committee recommends the continued oh page five iaov1iw sumxvision is a hive of activity this week as builders excavate cellars clear land and erect houses in a rapid acceleration of residential building in acton fortyone building permits have been issued for new houses in the subdivision alone at an estimat ed value of 410000 but the actual figure using the purchase price as a guide would be double that staff photo resolutions from council council at its regular ses sion on tuesday evening e authorized the clerk to pay general accounts totalling 872395 authorized payment no 5 on the library contract with kerr construction an amount of 307877 e authorized payment of 263699 for the signal lights for the millmain intersection appointed l duby and ted pratt as actons corda representatives for 1967 e authorized payment of 347 to corda for the 1967 lew the levy remains un changed at eight cents per capita on the recommendation of the committee endorsed the resolution of the town of or- angeville which would have approved plans available for the building of schools any where in the province e endorsed another resolu tion from the town of orange- ville requesting establishment of a standard wage scale across the province for teachers e decided to appeal to the ontario municipal board the decision of the committee of adjustment on the front yard variance allowed at a recent hearing the council did not object to the side yard variance but objected to the front yard variance on the grounds that the proposed garage would ex tend beyond the front of the house edeclared may 14jfr canad ian retarded childrens week and authorized the mayor to issue a proclamation e authorized the purchase of the material the hiring of carpenters for the renovation of the police off ice at an estim ated cost of 800 the renova tions to begin as soon as pos sible include the lowering of the ceilings of three rooms strapping and plywooding of ihc walls and new floors e accepted the tender from thomdson motors for a half- ton pickup truck at a tender price of 146748 plus the tradin of the present 1962 truck e purchased the fence mat erial for the churchill road north water reservoir site e referred a resolution sub mitted by councillor tyler and reeve hinton to no 1 com mittee for study the resolu tion sets out council policy and procedure e on the recommendation of solicitor aldo braida decided to refer the matter of the ymca lease to the number one committee for further study oakes praises council budget deputyreeve f oakes chair man of the budget- committee who has been ill and was at tending his first council meet ing since the announcement of the 1967 tax levy thanked and congratulated the other mem bers of the committee for their work in preparing the budget tuesday night he suggested that they had done an excellent job be cause he had anticipated a greater increase than was found necessary fence reservoir fencing at the reservoir on churchill road north was de leted from the original con tract at the time of construc tion and it is to be proceeded with at this time council de cided at tuesdays meeting in the original contract an eightfoot chain link fence was to be installed however the neighboring property owners at the present time are prepar ed to install a standard farm fence if the town will provide the fence and poles the work would be under taken by members of chur chill united church congrega tion cost to the municipality is estimated at less than 100 r push and eaoir to get going teenagers 7 am saturday morning on poured out of the bus and cars at thornhlll at saturdays marathon walk first phase of staff photo first over thb finish une was this three some of jack irwin left bob turkosz and mike marchment who made saturdays 40 mile hike in 1 1 hours well ahead of the slower walkers they walked steadily although buffeted by strong winds and rain here theyve only got about seven miles to go staff photo false alarm the fire alarm turned in last k wednesday afternoon turned out to be a false one fire fighters were sent to church st acton but couldnt locate any fire they hunted for sim ilar addresses and names and investigation continued later until finally they were able to discover the child who turned in the false alarm start from the archer first phase of the project action marathon walk was a real epic eight boys started out from toronto city hall at ap proximately 930 pm friday night journeyed up yonge st to thornhiu and then started along no 7 highway towards acton although no one finished the almost 60 mile course gerry ockenden and george beshieri completed 54 miles before complete exhaustion forced them to quit at silvercreek bob browne phil dupuls barrie elliott stuart johnson ken owen and bob radford completed between 35 and 41 miles through pouring rain and strong winds all the boys spoke gratefully of the assistance given them during the long hike especially by a mr hill who owned dairy queen on north yonge and presented each walker with a 35c ice cream early friday morning a man in thornhijj gave a thermos filled with coffee which assisted them through the tough grind police with one exception were very courteous and encouraged the walkers with jokes and recitals of similar episodes they had known review procedures for dump fire calls bill semenec crossed the fin ish line looking as fresh as the proverbial daisy in satur- days project action marathon staff photo procedure on fire calls to the municipal dump was re viewed at tuesdays council meeting and it was confirmed that the previous method of dealing with these calls would be continued therefore when a fire call is received for a fire at the dump the siren is not sounded the fire chief is advised and as sesses the situation at the dump in consultation with the clerk or town superintendent and makes the decision at the site as to whether the fire sir en will be sounded and volun teer brigade called out mr mcgeachie in outlining procedure said the chief looks at the fire in the light of dan ger to life and property while the town councillors look at the dump fires in the light of their annoyance to residents councillor tyler acting as chairman of the committee of the whole during this portion of the meeting said he was under the impression a fire is a fire smoke under most circumstances comes from a fire fire and smoke are un pleasant to the residents in the area and he would like the pol icy changed the present method and pol icies remain unchanged competitions in acton name winners in halton musict festival students from milton acton nassagawcya and esqucsing schools competed at robert little public school acton yesterday and this morning wednesday in the north hal- ton music festival hundreds of children from 14 schools sang their way to cups shields and medals in choir solo or group competi tions the festival was presided over by president mrs j mar- coux with past president j m bell of milton vicepresident jack reed of norval secre tarytreasurer mrs glenda benton of acton trophy con vener mrs margaret apple- yard of georgetown inspec tors w l mcneil and o g mcdowell and supervisors mrs mary kidney glenn banks mrs lenora vickery and lloyd werner as adjudicated by mrs vera e russell musbac3ed of toronto the results were triple duet grades five and six seven rooms or over re ceiving the kinette club of milton trophy presented by mrs a ledwith stewarttown public school winners of the bank of nova scotia milton shield presented by manager w e wood for second place was robert little public school song was in a gar den the john milton iojxe cup for primary choir kinder garten to grade three was won by w i dick school milton presented by mrs e martin a former secretarytreasurer of the association the duke of devonshire iode acton shield for second place was presented by mrs bert mowat to m z bennett public school acton song was two little roses brookvtue public school was awarded the lakeside iojdjl acton cup for first place in the junior choir grades five and six seven rooms and over class the trophy was present ed by mrs marguerite taylor m z bennett school acton was presented with the rotary club of milton shield by ro- tarian and school inspector w l mcneil song was star of peace the milton home and school cup was presented by e w foster to martin st senior public school for top honors in the grade seven and eight senior choir seven rooms and over division second place was awarded tom1 bennett public school acton whore- ceived the bank of commerce georgetown shield from mrs fred helson for their efforts ted pratt manager of the bank of montreal acton pre sented his banks cup to ro bert little public school ac- ton for first place in the boys unchanged voices open class second was m z bennett who received the sarah martin chapter lode milton shield from mrs walter wil son educational secretary campbelhriue public school received- the apple products glen williams cup from roes mckteown for first prize fat the grade one to four junior cboir six rooms and under norval public school was awarded the mountain union w i shield presented by mrs i c marcoux president of this years festival the cnien of strathmore i o d e cup georgetown was pres by mrs mary kidney music supervisor to norval public school in the senior choir grades five and six seven rooms and under class with bruce st pobuc school milton receiving the continued on pat three jacks ga ahead isct at um mm on torn their clocks aad wauhss forward one hoar sense going to bed setanhqr sdghl kiuninbii as far aa docks go tta aprisv forward 4a ft m