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v fr the acton free press wednesday may 3 1v7 esquesing georgetown settle life agreement five fire calls the controversial fire grw- ment issue between esquesing twp end georgetown bis been settled esquesing has agreed to ray 45 per cent of the towns j23- 973 budget for the are depart ment which amounts to 13- 143 the agreement dates back to october h bsqueslrig hedged about co ming to an agreement consid ering the town was overcharg ing until georgetown asked 4hem to take their fire truck out of their hall if it wasnt signed by april 30 obituary veteran first scoutmaster wilfred coles buried friday irimohtim vyerecelled out five times last week twice to familiar locations right possible start of the second fire at the domin ion hotel is checked by two members of the brigade while below a firefighter is dwarfed by immense clouds of smoke rising from the town dump early sat urday morning a call alio was answered to esquesing township dump an thurs day staff photos south african and world war i veteran and a resident of acton for most of the 63 years be lived in canada wil fred coles died at his home 152 church st on tuesday ap ril in his eouvyear funeral service was held fri day afternoon from acton bap tist church where a large crowd of mourners gathered to pay their respects rev s c gam mon conducted the service with aev ralph baster of pres ton an old friend and pastor of the deceased assisting i the first scout master in acton and he took a long and active part in the boy scout movement including ser ving on the group committee and assisting at blue springs scout camp an active member of the baptist church until ill health prevented him from attending he was a member of the church choir and sang many solos at church and community events a life member of the canad ian legion mr coles was also a charter member of the south african veterans of toronto born in stogumber somer set england in 1881 he enlist ed in the somerset light in fantry at the age of is serving four years in south africa dur ing the boer war from 1898- 1902 he emigrated o canada in 1904 shortly after his service and married alice stigant in toronto on july 17 1905 war broke out in 1914 1 he was the first married man in acton to enlist he served overseas where he was wounded and gassed at the first battle of ypres a sergeant he was promoted to company ser geant major of the 5th batal- uon before he was invalided home in 1915 back in canada he recruited the wellknown 164th batalfion and then was sent to take charge of the guard detail on the queenston st bridge over the wetland canal in st cath arines from there he was sent to decew falls to take charge of the camp there until hostilities ceased amgi be volunteered for service in world war ii health prevented him from serving he took an active part in the lome scots militia regiment between wars and during the last war his long service was recog nised when he was presented with the lung service medal nnd efficiency bar mr coles wae clerk of the fourth division court until he retired he md mrscoles celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in july 1965 a music lover he sang in many local choirs and at varied event in the community he was fond of martial music and the old hymns stirred him his love of music and long army service were recognltoa as acton branch 197 of the le gion held a service at the fun eral home thursday at which the chorallers sang one of his favorite hymns abide with me his long service to scouting was recognized as scoutmaster henry de vries and four uni formed scouts of the 1st acton troop visited the funeral home to pay their respects mr coles leaves his wife a son ernest of guelph daughtsr jessie at home six grandchild ren and 17 great grandchildren pallbearers for the funeral were grandsons hartley and paul coles sam brunelle and art ford representing branch 197 wilmer fryer and richard gammon from his church interment was in fairvlew cemetery cubs students hear of safety during the period april 23 to 29 inclusive personnel of the milton detachment ontario provincial police worked a to tal of 8694 hours and patrol led a total of 7950 miles on area highways aa a result of patrol 31 traffic charges were preferred 21 traffic violation warnings were issued 36 vehic les were safety checked and 41 convictions were registered during this period prov const w joyce of the detach ment gave a safety talk at the detachment office to 15 milton cubs and also gave 14 safety talks at three schools in the area to a total of 415 pupils four flags stolen from this area in recent weeks were re covered at oakville over the weekend all officers have assisted in the search for marianne schuett missing from her home in kilbride weeks five fire calls include hotel two clumps jfrw damp tmebk in esquesing send representative to urban board tne profusion of paper along the fourth line and fires in the township dump were criticized by councillors at mondays reg ular meeting of esquesing council councillor tom hill said tiucks were dumping paper in the wrong place and it was blowing all over he asked there be more strict supervis ion of dumping reeve george leslie felt much of the rubbish along the fourth line came off trucks on their way to the dump rather than from the dump the dump can be clean and level as a lloor wednesday but by satur day therell be piles of rubbish and the lip will be full up he said the agreement with the dump supervisor which gave him sole permission to remove scrap providing he looked af ter papers was reviewed and no decision was reached confusion about the number of fires at the dump recently was shared by clerk c c lind say and the reeve the clerk knew oi only one while the reeve was sure there were two councillors patterson and hill representatives to a meet ing of acton fire area 2 were impressed by acton firefight ers they showed us why new reels and equipment were nec essary and were courteous and helpful in every way said councillor hill council passed the fire area budget on the strength of the delegations endorsement and heard a request from one dele gate that meetings of the fire area be more frequent a letter from north halton urban board secretary jack mcgeachie asking esquesing representatives to attend the next meeting on may 10 in georgetown triggered discus sion about the advisability of joining whats the meeting about asked councillor jim goodlett just what they said retort ed the reeve welfare and garbage some councillors thought es quesing would not benefit be cause it was an urban board and the township is rural oth ers could see similar problems being faced in all municipalit ies and thought some represen tation was necessary tom hill was delegated to go flrvs at esquesing and acton dumps two minor bliuct in the silvcrcrcek area and a repeat call to th burnedout section of the dominion hotel racked up the five fire calls for the acton firefighter in the past week thev spent considerable time at acton dump and at the hotel fire cause is mill unknown for the becand hotel fire in less than two weeks the blaze originated in the back part of the kitchen the historic old section of the hotel wn not in use bince the previous fire but repolrb were underway as soon at the call was re ceived two trucks were dis patched to the scene one went directly to the hotel and ihe second to ihe nearest hyd rant to connect and lav a hose line aeiottb the street traffic wus quickly rerouted the new system of making use of the two town truckb will be adopted now for town calls arrival of the new truck makes the scheme possible one truck proceeds directly to the fire and could begin pumping from the tank of water on the truck immediately on arrival the second truck will go to the nearest hydrant and be pre pared to lay the hose to pro vide the additional water on the radioed instructions from the truck at the scene of the fire firefighters lingered to try second storey windows of the hotel and tossed out wet in sulating material to reach the fire both trucks were used as water was poured on the shortlived fire firefighters lilngered to try to determine the cause of the fire at the call to the esquesing township dump firefighters extinguished burning grass around the dump area actons dump fire saturday morning sent smoke billowing to the next meeting and bring back a report all councillors attended the two hour session with reeve leslie presiding v into the air and ashes dropped over a wide area a telegraph pole was also on fire 1600 feet of hose was laid out from the hydrant in glenlea subdivision and under the rail road track to the dump fire fighters were still working on the fire there after two and a half hours when the siren sounded again this call was to the ransom home acrosi the highway from cedar springs motel to a chim ney fire friday afternoons call to the same district was to extinguish a grass fire behind the motel which had extended into a rail fence summer help u of guelph student tom mckeown has been hired by the parks and recreation com mittee to assist frank thomp son with maintenance at the park and arena this summer they will be working on the lower beds beach and grass soon a wreckless driver is seldom wreckless very long equipped for emergencies be sure keep your home medi cine chest stocked with necessary first aid supplies safeguarding your health acton pharmacy bill yundt manager 2 main st n ss3i620 irl attention farmers it your property becoming too heavily wooded ifs time to thin out i let us remove those trees now we pay top prices no muss no fuss we will take cedars birches fir and maples up to 15 foot for immediate service phone frank hollingshead 2488526 toronto or write box 174 toronto ib esquesing council esquesing council at their regular meeting monday endorsed two resolutions from the town of orangeville regarding education in the pro vince the first requested the provincial government to set up a uniform teachers salary schedule for municipalities ac ross the province and the sec ond asked approved plans be made available for the building of schook anywhere in the pro vince appointed councillor tom hill to represent the township at a meeting of the north hal- ton urban board wednesday mav 10 in georgetown authorized a refund of 1900 to george ware for a building permit mr ware has decided not to build on his lot in the township read three times and pas sed a controversial bvlaw let ting the minimum lot size at 20000 square feet in the town ship on a recorded vote mm imum lot size was restricted to a frontage of 125 feet and a depth of 16q feet voting in favor were councillors good lett and patterson with curne and hill against reeve leslies vote for the affirmative broke the tie authorized payment of the road superintendents ac count of 1099281 gave permission to the glen williams minor ball club to hold a tag day in may 13 granted permission for a centennial street dance in nor- val on june 24 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