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centennial custfcjrrs the acton free press wednesday may 3 1967 m party rs cmp fodder mrs frank mccarron points dut an interesting part of the history of cahada for centennial dressed mrs wm mclntyre left mrs willard brittbn mrs alex neer and mrs j vanfleet at saturdays cen tennial party at the home of gail douglas rr 4 acton staff photo dublin centennial chefs held their eighth meeting in the form of a centennial party at the home of gail douglas rjl 4 acton on saturday the room was colorfully dec orated with displays made by the 4h members these h h plays showed the traditional foods and customs the early settlers brought from foeir homelands after vtowinvthese informa tive displays the guests were asked to proceed to the buf fet table where once again each of the countries studied in this unit were represented early canadian apple cid er homemade bread danish open face sandwiches british isles- meat plateengilsh trifle irish soda bread and potato salad italy salata green salad germany and holland german tea squares and spice drop cookies chi- titfi alhibria cakes and chow mein noodle cookies also cheese from the various coun tries was represented on an appetizing cheese tray basytocbjul pity the poor editor he is driven to near insanity in an effort to keep mistakes out of his newspaper or magazine just think what a task it is when even in e short phrase like this to be or not to be by transposition alone it is possible to make 2758009 er rors any way y it the finest welcome toacto is welcome wagon a visit from our higtat m i you f it homo with bar ana of gifts and mmi to iniitlaas about the dty hs m imn just can news of the district milton a contribution of 750 was authorized by milton district high school board toward the annual grade 12 trip that this year will be tolexpo the con tribution will be added to the 1800 raised by students to ward the trip teacher and nassagaweya councillor mrs a macartur told the board 112 students would be making the trip with five staff members the students and staff will leave may 4 spend two nights in the laurentlan hotel in montreal with friday and sat urday at expo returning by train sunday the cost of the trip to each student was esti mated at 920 plus money for meals and incidentals mrs macarthur reported she book ed the hotel accommodation 18 months ago and obtained it at a jower rate than wpud he ntly available aird members felt the trip would be well worthwhile and educational and endorsed the the larger than usual 750 con tribution erin erin village mill rate will likely be increased this year by at least 11 mills the hike is due to the four mill increase in the county rate and the in- increased costs at erin pub lic school members of the school board met last thursday evening to set the requisition which is up 7000 over last year from s37485 to 444829 mostly due to the increase in teachers sal aries plus the proposed two- room addition and installation of fire walls in the old section of the school erin is not al one with its tax burden as this increase is general throughout the province georgetown it seemed the whole parish of holy cross church george town joined in celebrating the silver jubilee of father zeno deroc the high mass at 3 pjn was offered by six priests in concelebration a first in georgetown and one deacon three brothers were also pres ent in the sanctuary ah were confreres of fr zeno mem bers of the capuchin order father v j morgan of acton a former pastor there was al so present in the church after the mass the fathers and par ishioners gathered in the aud itorium for further festivities a series of very short sket ches was entitled this is your life- these were incid ents in the life of fr zeno re- enacted by some of the school children stepping out of a book the first showed the par ents with the new baby zeno then followed starring school playing soccer off to the seminary newly ordained priest a male nurse in the belgian army during the war a missionary in pakistan and lastly the meeting of frs ot- ger and zeno in georgetown ehqra tentative plans have been madefoj- the wellington coun ty centennial celebration to be held in irvine park in elora on saturday july 22 there will be a short ceremony at the wellington county home at 1j0 pm a parade to elora will follow the program will consist of a talent show to be made up of selections on a centennial theme the day will close with a dance in the elora arena af ter a beef barbecue midway and refreshment booths will be on the grounds fergus there was some quite sur prising and pleasing news at council meeting for the tax payers of fergus most of the residents found that there is no increase in their taxes this year in spite of a 20 per cent rise in town expenditures quite naturally the members of council were pleased with the results of their financial manipulations mayor j camp bell said that the reason there was no increase in taxes was because canada wire and cable decided to locate a large new plant here douglas sam pson manager of fergus cabl es as the canada wire plant is now called was at the coun cil meeting on other business and he was told that he de serves thanks for coming to fergus reeve ken denny chair man of the towns finance committee said that canada wires decision had probably saved the taxpayers main in crease of nearly 12 mills this year he added that increased per capita- grants from the province also saved the house holders money on their town tax bills this grant has been increased from 310 to 460 this year major increases in costs came from the high school and the county council the school expenditures are up nearly eight mills on die tax rate over twothirds of their hioney is spent on tea sers salaries this is over half a million dollars the ma jor item of expenditure in the town budget in the work this year is on the highway 6 con necting link through town laurene rennick gail douglas marilyn barber margaret slaven and judy britton all assisted at the dublin chefs centennial party h s holden optomitmst 36 cork st east guelph phone ta 27im nassagaweya school board presents 293894 budget at a time when a number of municipalities are searching in every corner to replace school teachers who have found work with other boards nassaga weya public school board re- porst not one of their staff has left the system the observation was made by chairman horace blyth as he and other board members appeared before the township council to present their draft budget for 1967 on monday brookrvihe public schools new sixroom addition account ed for a number of rises in costs including caretaking fees supplies extra staff and trans portation total for requested funds is 293894 with 126374 coming from the township but this figure may be adjusted later bylaw was given its three read ings and passed and the com mittee will include maurice newton appointed for three year grant campbell two years and frederick benson one year s w savage was appointed township zoning administrator and will do much of the work involved in implementing nass agaweya s new zoning bylaw correspondence was received from w f davy president of campbellville sand and gravel supply replying to councils refusal of a quarrying license council win meet with rep resentatives from the quarry may 9 to discuss work the company plans to do to im prove their grounds reeve william coulter noted the road department had join ed in the search for missing kilbride student marianne schuett when it covered the speyside area a meeting will be meld in georgetown council chambers may 9 to discuss the establish ment of a countywide welfare program representatives from nassagaweya will include mrs anne macarthur and deputy- reeve william hoey the original lp sound track album of the armstrong circle theatre tv presentation robert goulel rantta top hollywood cast sing a nut all over v the carouf fi vevet and many other delightful melodies m only ips we have this 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