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i newt of th district www sometime after dark on saturday night vandals did t- taharve damage to tombstone in the older part of beteyde demetery councillor tom boyd chairman of the parks and cemetery committee told the regular council meeting on monday night that at least 33 stones were pushed over and decorative tops were taken off others re pointed out that it of cars poured into the park expo 67 la proving to be a profitable asset already many campsites have been reserved by people on their way to mon treal milton toronto may have its bronse archer but milton is to have its limestone block mil- ton council agreed to use a block of limestone as its cairn marking the towns centennial gyprojlvt the mill fond did the damage as nwsttfter centennial manager 6 stones were too large to be pewn authdriwdto invest- misted over easily some of g possibility reported the fancy tops had oeen thrown mlltoh quarries would donate at other stones causing more ioad elght ton biock of limestone he had selected for mounting at the pond site three surfaces would be dress ed for the attachment of three bronze plaques damage w w tress for one cent apiece yes and they are available by the thousands but you can only get them if you own land and are wil ling to plant at least 2000 and promise not to cut them down for 25 years the trees for a penny pro gram is conducted by the grand river conservation authority which will send out an experienced crew and a machine and plant the trees at no coat to the owner win dr b t dalermedlcal of ficer of health for the welllng- tondufforin health unit for the past 16 years has been appointed to a similar position with the new wellington-duf- feringuelph health unit the new health unit was or ganised recently with the merging of the two heahh units to form a more econ omical administration unit population of erin high was slightly depleted last week as a contingent of grade 9 and 10 students spent four days at the worlds fair the group travelled by bus leaving on monday may i and returning on thursday may 4 they were under the authority of mr copeland mrs florence and mrs 0suillvan eiora blora gorge conservation area will get its share of cen tennial tourists this season the 300acre grand river con servation authority recreation area officially opened last weekend although it is only open from may to oct 15 can adian and american tourists flood into the area all year round the unusual ice formations during the winter drew thou- anhs jof people on weekends on sunday april 30 hundreds wfaesses protest tmst mmnmfs henry c loewen presiding minister of the acton congrega tion of jehovahs witnesses reports that the 33 members assembled for the weekly min istry school session at king dom hall unanimously appro ved a public protest of the persecution of jehovahs wit nesses in portugal the expression of the con gregation followed a report on recent developments in portu gal in an appeal of the wit nesses to the supreme court of that land mr loewen told the local congregation that the supreme court of portugal had on february 22 this year upheld the convic tion of 49 portuguese witness es arrested in june of 1965 for attending a bible meeting they make up the entire adult membership of the feijo con gregation police invaded a pri vate home there and broke up religious services you will be shocked he told the local group to hear that these christians were charged by the plenary court of lisbon with being guilty of a crime against the security of die state it was ridicul ous he added for anyone to think of these harmless christ ians as a security risk he explained it is most interesting that the prosecu tion produced no witnesses to back up the charges and no ev idence to show guilt at any time during the threeday tri al hence it was unreasonable for the supreme court to up hold these convictions he churned that the portuguese press significantly had not re ported the courts decision to the public hi aeon shocking the congregation was told will be the results for the families in volved thirtyfive of those convicted are women who will be taken away from their fara- loea two of the women are expectant moment their bab ies will be born in prison terms of from one and a half to five and a half months have been set for 39 of those c ten were given sus pended s all 49 were fined from 97 to 170 and must pay court costs of 35 the hope was expressed mat pabbc a of the treat- saent of a lulnothy ttbgjaas in pormgsd might vet e reoef to the the canadian champion miltons weekly paper cele brated its 107th birthday last week with its wednesday is sue james campbell founded the champion in 1861 georgetown the delrex market centre now known as the georgetown market will shortly more than double its size according to bruce mclaughlin president of metropolitan halton devel opments the present shopping area covers 45000 square feet and the plans call for an addi tional 55000 square feet preliminary agreements have been signed with several new tenants including a food store and another bank architects are hoping to construct an en closed mall east of the pres ent shopping area doortodoor mall delivery to 240 homes and businesses in glen williams will start is soon as 80 per cent of the pat rons install mail boxes it was announced by dr harrv har- ley mp for hahon four adults and 13 children escaped in their night clothes moments before fire gutted a two storey apartment block at 45 main st n friday morn ing the 100 year old structure was in a semidemolished state prior to the blaze the start of a demolition protect that would eventually eliminate the entire building from the down town scene the loss was not insured- um ia u n i razed were two vacant ana two occupied apartments and two vacant business quarters in the front of the building the residents fled into the street shortly before 5 30 after one of the adults discovered flames and alerted the other occupants in an upstairs apart ment thev took shelter in the police station across the road while firemen battled the in ferno lpp wmakhr rmmmrt acton free press- wednesday may 17 bfl highway fatal accidental death a fatality on the highway and an accidental death in which a 14yearold george town boy was killed by a train ended a busy week for milton opp on saturday during the period may 7 to may 13 inclusive personnel of the mttton detachment ontar io provincial police worked a total of 993vi hours and pat rolled a total of 7912 miles on area highways as a result of patrol 29 traffic charges were preferred 24 traffic violations warnings were issued 18 veh- loyal service to knox church by mr mrs robinson praised orchids bloomed in the league finals to take the blue springs league five pin bowling championship at acton lanes captain burns white holds on to the trophy flanked by lets play bridge by bill coats when someone is learning to play contract bridge he or she is told a lot of rules some of these are always cover an honor with an honor or se cond play low third play high or never finesse against vour partner these rules are fine for the novice but in order to be a good bridge player yomnust learn when to break the rules take this hand for example which occurred during a rub ber bridge game northsouth were vulnerable and south dealt north s a j 8 3 h8 6 dhk j 7 co 10 4 2 west east s 9 7 6 so 5 2 hj 9 5 3 2 h a o 4 d 5 d 10 9 6 2 c k 9 3 c 8 7 6 south sk 10 4 hjk 10 7 d a 0 4 3 ca j 5 the bidding- south west north east 1 nt pass 2 c pass 2 d pass 3 nt all pass norths two dub response to a one no trump opening bid was the stayman convention it asked south if he had a four card or better major suit when south replied two diamonds denying a four card major north went straight to three no trump west led the three of hearts following the rule of leading fourth best of his longest suit this is a good rule and should be followed in this case dum my played low and east has a choice should east play the ace or break the rule and play the queen never finesse against your partner the rule sug gests a good defender will break the rule in this case if west holds the king it doesnt mat ter what east does but if de clarer holds the king well lets see suppose esst plays the ace and continues with the queen declarer refuses the trick and wins the third round when east plavs the four declarer tries the spade finesse which loses to east but east has no more hearts east will try a club but de- marjorie johnston on her left and tracy vi let- stra right in the back are lois walker marion storey and betty hardie staff photo clarer will refuse the finesse and settle for nine tricks three spades four diamonds and one each in hearts and clubs now lets go back to the op ening trick if east plays the queen declarer will win he can no longer chance a hold up since west might have led from a suit headed by ace- jack now when the spade finesse fails each cashes the heart ace and leads his third heart defense collects four heart tricks plus a spade for a one trick defeat rules at contract bridge were made to be broken and knowing when to break them is the mark of a good bridge player last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first george solly and bill wandcl second charles renwick and tom warnes third bill bar bour and clay barbour a social evening was held isit wednesday evening in hon or of mr and mrs ab robin son at the home of mr and mrs alexwaldle mr robinson has served for 25 years as envelope secretary and assistant treasurer of knox presbyterian church and relin quished his post at the end of september present at the gathering were members of the board of man agers of the church and their wives the minister rev a h msxenzle and his wife and me clerk of session murray scoyne past chair man of the board on their be half presented to mr robinson 25 silver dollars ten of them the new centennial silver dol lars a potted plant was pre rented to mrs robinson who filled in for her 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in one person killed and one person injured two personal injury accidents resulting in four persons in- lured three property damage accidents investigated and ap proximately 13225 in property damage recorded causes of accidents were fail to stop at stop street inattentive driv ing fall to turn out to the- left and driver lost control there were 58 general occur rences during this period in cluding one accidental death thert of trees from property of u muller nassagaweya twp then of hub caps in esqueslng twp one person charged dri ving while under suspension one person charged driving while ability impaired four lca investigations resulting in four persons being charged under the liquor control act four premises found insecure at night other occurrences were of a minor nature traffic safety officer const w f jovcc gave a safety lec ture to 25 cubs at milton de tach ment office first line tv soles service 8531057 channel master antennas for perfect color and superb black white reception 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