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delegations proposals delight spur council a delegation of cameron st residents presented a lour point petition to acton coun cil at their regular meeting fast night and before they left councillors were limp with laughter spokesmen colin maccolft bob anderson and jim brad- shaw enumerated their points one by one with graphic inci dents thrown in for descript ive purposes number three was a request for a drainage system to pre vent water from cobble hill i flooding their properties two was a request council do something about the nude bathing and obscene language emanating from fairy lake in the still hours of the night they suggested the lake at the foot of cameron st be flood lit number three was a reuqest for improved lighting an ca meron st request for in stallation of sidewalks prom ised 30 years ago colin mac- coll told councfl jackme geachle was sitting right there in that chair when the council of that year promised the first cement they got would be us ed on cameron irave you got it yet ask ed mr maccou then he sat down questioned by councillors about the nude bathing and obscene language in the pond colin maccou related a- recent incident well after midnight when a swimmer sans bath ing suit on his way back af ter air exhilarating swim one way over the lake encounter ed a snapping turtle the lan guage wasnt fit for anyones ears said the spokesman grin ning while councillors wiped tears and grins off faces 1 told them to be quiet one night injected bobby ander son and they told me to go back in the house you bald headed mayor lea duby agreed with the delegation some thing has to be done about this ive been receiving com plaints from other residents about the noise and language there at nights colin maccou suggested the council install lights at the foot of the sreet for two pur- poses 1 to discourage nude bathing at nights and 2 in case some would be swim mers get in trouble the may or agreed councillor ted tyler jr told the delegation this was his de partment and he would go down after the council meet- igg to see what could be done drainage from cobblehiir which flooded cameron street yards will scon b diverted in to fairy lake councillor bob drinkwalter told the delegat ion no 2 committee decided to tile mill st w from cam eron st to the lake and it would be given top priority this area is a problem and t can assure you it will be looked after he said the mayor explained the de lay in setting up system and asked tion to be patient a drainage the delega- mr mac- coll said in his opinion the fault lies with the engineers who tipped the road to nehes field about street lighting which the delegation said consisted on cameron st of only two yellow 40 watt bulbs and on accounrtfwhichbobby an derson can ten you hes used so many flashlight bulbs hin- tons ran out of them the mayor had a ready answer our most urgent area is downtown were gradually getting them there weve also had a request from crescent st improvements will be made on cameron and crescent first reeve bert hinton said resi dents in town see new lights going in new subdivisions be fore new residents have mov ed and thev wonder if the old er residents of town arent forgotten its just one of those things replied the mayor the only sensible thing to do is put new lights in the subdi visions thla probtan dates back 30 or 40 years persisted the reeve new residents getting all the nice things like sidewalks and lights not sidewalks cautioned deputyreeve frank oakes chi ming in there are no side walks in the subdivisions after further discussion councillor tier agreed to in vestigate the lighting problems on cameron st last but not least item dealt with was the installat ion of sidewalks mayor duby told the defeg- ation sidewalks all over town have deteriorated badly coun cil is endeavoring to replace one and a quarter miles a year he assured the delegation they would do everything pos sible to solve their prome as a parting shpt mr mac cou grinned and said he hpp ed it wouldnt be as long a wait as last time then the delegates left i summer minister at reformed church summeh time minister at beth el christian reformed church is d velthuizen a stu dent at calvin college michi gan he began his duties last week ht jfarn jfttt pft joseph 5 st graduate nurse mrs laurie patterson of guelph daughter of mrs kay bennett of acton was among ninetysecond year no 50 police report three thefts minors fined acton detachment of the o pp patrolled 621 miles dop ing 193 m duty hours there were is occurrenom reported comprised of three thefts one bicycle and two flags two disturbances thro of lost property one instance of a party being threatened one prank phone call one re port of property damaged by a vehicle three insecure prem ises and finahy one liquor set acton ontario wednesday june 14 1967 by isrsloisssssilm fourteen pages ten cents the class cf 29 nurses gradu- zurewherean adult ating from st josephs school of nursing guelph last week she intends to continue nurs ing at st josephs a family dinner party was held after the graduation and among the guests were her grandmother mrs annie ben nett of guelph and her hus bands grandmother mrs gray of hillsburg mrs patterson attended ac- ton high school before entering nurses training ged with having liquor in a place other than his resid ence contrary to the liquor control act of ontario thar ware two property ac cidents investigated with a to tal estimate of 295 damage one driver was charged with failing to turn out to the right to avoid an accident court activities resulted in two minors being convicted for consuming liquor while under age fines totalling s17s were levied what council did at their regular meeting last night acton council authorized acton loyal orange lodge to hold a par ade on saturday morning july is the police department to be advised so no confusion re garding parade route would exist authorized payment to nelhs construction of 12481 for road grading and construc tion on elmore drive in lake- view subdivision instructed the clerk to pay twajubraryaosountsjoneof hpasnmo and sparkling in the tun these speckled trout show lots of fight as they are removed from the tank of the department of lands and forests truck at terra gotta conser vation area stocking like this carried out each year by the credit valley conservation authority guarantees the fisherman a good catch providing of course the weather is right and his luck is running the right way cvca photo by joan rollings review enforcement of parking bylaw pubtic sckfl board complaints about vehicles parking on restricted areas on mill st received by council were aired at last nights meet ing councillor bob drinkwalter said there was some problem with commercial vehicles but it was being corrected he personally noticed an improve ment in the last few days reeve hinton asked why the bus stop signs were not on both sides of the street and the mayor said the problem was confined to the one side and they were trying the sys tem out to councillor charlie perrys question about enforcement of the two hour parking limit the deputyreeve in the chair for the committee of the whole said it could work to councils benefit it wul cut committee meetings in the town office short if we go over two hours the reeve commented every thing was spelled out for police and they had to make no judgments iust enforce the bylaw could fill classroom turned down now harold townsley tired as town arena manager harolds sonny townsley has been engaged as arena manager and began his new duties this monday also en gaged to fill the complement of employees at the arena is don price after the resignation of rec reation director howard ipearce the recreation and parks board decided to replace nun with an arena manager rather than another recreation duector applications for the position were opened at a meeting thursday of last week acton public school board consulted with inspector l mc neil at their meeting tuesday of last week regarding the proposed addition to the m z bennett school which had been turned down by council with the present enrolment there wiu be 3s to 37 students in each room in the fall said principal elmer smith if we had the classroom council said was not needed we could ful it now inspector mcneil felt the board would be justified in submitting plans for addition al classrooms at this time ad ditional houses being built show a need he commented since a schedule of redecor ating and cleaning already es tablished accommodations are not available for a vacation bible school the board decided after receiving a request the secretary reported rec ommended changes in a boiler had been made and it was functioning properly now a letter of thanks was receiv ed from the north halton mus ic festival association for the cooperation of the board dur ing this years festival especial ly for the use of the robert lit tle auditorium principal elmer smith re ported on the centennial field day for this inspectorate which will be held this saturday at the m z bennett school mr smith said high school teacher bruce andrews and the boys from his track and field club will be running the whole show trustee vic b r i s t o w ap proached the board with a plan for grade eight students to at tend expo on a cost sharing basis but trustees decided they could spare no money for the tnp chairman o chapman pre sided at the meeting with trus tees v bristow w benson c bishop m smith and secre tary w middleton centennial event inspectorate field day in acton this saturday special centennial ribbons will be awarded to winners of eventa in the centennial field day next saturday morning toe m z bennett public stfiobl in acton is acting as hosts for the unique event which will bring together the athletes of all the public schools in this inspectorate p will be boys and girls from four milton public sch three junior schools and one senior school two nassagaweya schools brook- vine and campbelhrille and two acton schools will be under the capable direction of acton high school physical education teacher bruce andrews and will take place on both the m z bennett and high school playing fields mr andrews is also arranging for fudges the program starts at 9 ajn and will be over before noon parents and nonpartic ipating youngsters are wet- come to come as spectators awarding ribbons to the in dividual competitors is of more interest to the held day organ izers than naming a champ ion school since the size of the schools competing varies consideabh legion gives 150 donation to choral iers choral iers activities are continuing right up until they leave to sing at expo on fri day june 30 they will be sing ing a program in the high school on sunday evening june 25 their dance last friday ev ening in the legion hall was very well attended and a plea sant event their bingo the night before was not as well patronized they win be singing this thursday night in georgetown at the request of the george town legion ladies auxiliary and on sunday morning they sing at hillsburgh presbyter ian church they have been given a don ation of 150 from the acton legion branch to help cover expenses theyre off expo bound on this morn ings train are 80 high school students with teach ers mrs karen walker mrs margit laszlo miss eliza beth atkey mike bevan and ian mcgillivray from the 648 am train this morning wednesday they transferred to the raptdo in toronto for their week- long stay at the worlds fair roving reporter on assignment for the free press is edie hopkins wholl bie writing an ac count of their experiences for the paper one of the smallersize teachers nearly missed the train in acton lumping on after it had started moving and one of the students who well- meaningly set his alarm for 3 30 a m overslept and missed it altogether tick- etless he was rushed by a volunteer unconnected with the group by car to toron to ust in time to locate the rest of his group al ready in the train his had been the only unanswered name in the roll call 13659 for the date stone and theather 997g remaining unpaid to the architect of his total fee of 4224 registered no objection to two variances submitted to the committee of adjustment one by sesto construction and the other by e braida authorized the develop ment commission to list indus trial land with all realtors with no one having an exclu sive listing instructed the clerk to pay the mayor and councils honorarium for the first six months of the year agreed the mayor and clerk administrator should attend the ontario municipal association conference in port arthur from august 20 to 23 with all expenses paid accepted the five year pro jection figures and authorized the clerk to submit them to the ontario municipal board reeve bert hinton was oppos ed heard complaints from councillors about untidiness and street obstruction by trucks in lakeview subdivis ion contractors are to be ad vised turned down a recom mendation from planning board to proceed witji a tent- ative p of subdivis on nancy miller grad nurse af st josephs the property owned byttsey- aiirk and c griese nancy ruth miller daught- erof mcand m n m edwin watson now issuer of licenses new issuer of motor vehicle licences in acton is edwin watson his office is combin ed with his mill st music store former issuer jack har grove has retired this well- known formerly very active ci tizen resigned because of ill health mr watson took over his new duties last week and has had quite a lot of business al ready graduated last week with a class of 29 from st josephs hospital school of nursing in guelph she is on two weeks holidays now and returns to st josephs until august 24 she is not yet sure where she will be nursing other district girls in the class are sharron buck of os- pringe and dorothy dredge of moffat pass bogus bill police continue to warn of counterfeit bills being passed in acton and district another was brought in to an acton bank this week counterfeit 20 bills are also reported in this