Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 14, 1967, p. 12

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hajtons development potentials basis for county industrial film the acton free press wednesday june 14 1967 b3 tyifa prfcrjefci boys of the tyro group at the united church have plant ed a bed of scarlet geraniums at the front of the church in front of the brick nameplnte halton county council through its industrial commit tee has commissioned robert j meyer productions of dun- das to write and produce a mo tion picture to promote area development of the county of halton area development the com mittee points out should be taken to imply the develop ment of residential commerc ial agricultural and recreation al and cultural as well as man- facturing potentials of the county the theme of the motion pic ture centres around a graduate secondary school student at a point of decision concerning ib association expands concern delegate learns j qurt made by members of the golden age club is displayed by mrs c winn mrs a shoemaker mrs b johnston mrs r h davidson mrs j ralston mrs q kennedy mrs wm mclntyre mrs nelson lambert and mrs f mccutcheon mrs lambert was hostess for the quillings and mrs shoemaker is shown presenting her with a gift in appreciation staff photo hojl halton opportunity product enterprises hope is hav ing its open house this after noon and evening wednes day trainees will be working during the demonstration workshop supervisor mrs h isham reports it is hoped halton residents will visit die shop located at hornby to see the valuable work being done by the staff of the north halton association- for the mentally retarded life membership presented president of limehouse w i opr register 44 convictions during the period june 4 to 10 inclusive personnel of the milton detachment ontario provincial police worked a to tal of ww hours and patrol led a total of 7105 miles on area highways as a result of patrol 14 traffic charges were preferred 44 traffic violation warnings were issued and 5 vehicles were safety checked there were 44 convictions reg istered there were 6 personal injury accidents resulting in 9 per sons being injured 8 property damage accidents investigated and approximately 7045 in property damage was record ed causes of accident were inattentive driving improper turn fail to yield right of way follow too close and speed too fast for road or traffic condi tions five charges under the highway traffic act were laid as a result of these accidents there were 51 general occur rences during this period in cluding two break and enters one fraud investigated result ing in one person being charg ed a double drowning in the credit river investigated one juvenile missing from esques- ing twp one premise found insecure at night three com plaints of persons trespassing on private property ah other occurrences were of a minor nature limehouse womens instit ute held their june meeting on wednesday afternoon in the memorial hall with mrs gisby presiding dept reports construction on fall st john root mjjp for well- ingtondufferin has been ad- vised by the honr-george- omme minister of highways that he signed a construction designation for development of road number 927 fall st rock- wood this road was designated for preengineering only on nov ember 10 1966 it is the con necting link between no 7 highway and the entrance to fh e conservation authority park on fall st bkydbt receives a bicyclist sevenyearold dennis mario durante of rjl 3 milton was involved in a collision with a car on high way 25 north of milton thurs day afternoon during a spell of heavy fog the boy suffered slight concussion and head cuts and was treated at mil ton district hospital the car was driven by an acton woman mrs gordon rognvaldson damage was es timated at 25 to the hood of the car and 10 to the bike the meeting opened with o canada roll call was why i am pround to be a canadian business was dealt with and the community picnic discuss ed mrs f brown gave the re port of the catering commit tee- delegates to the district an nual gave short reports and conveners reports were given mrs s kirpatrick historical research read our pioneers mrs roughley home econom ics and health reported on wa- tered drinks compa can- ned frozen juices with big cans of fruit drinks and punches which look cheap and attract ive but have a large quantity of added water and sugar mrs f brown gave a report on public relations mrs jean anderson for the safety drive spoke on new road signs members were honored to have mrs webb of campbell- ville district president with them she spoke on changes in our times at every old turn there is a challenge we should develop a deeper ap preciation of what we have change is the one permanent thing in our whole life president mrs mary gisby was then asked to come for ward and was presented with a bfe membership certificate and pin on completing 25 years of service mrs f and mrs j noble made the pres entation mrs gby expressed her surprise and appreciation mrs ralph turner retiring secretary treasurer was pre sented with a wi cup and saucer in appreciation of her service to the branch mrs webb also received a small gift a centennial teaspoon the meeting dosed with re peating the mary stewart col lect mrs kirkpatrick conven er served a dainty lunch bevans entertain tghschoorsafr increasing scope of responsi bility being undertaken now by the tuberculosis associa tion impressed acton reeve bert hintonwhen he attend ed the 67th annual nveting of the canadian tuberculosis as sociation combined with the ninth annual meeting of the canadian thoracic society at the chateau frontenac que bec city he represented halton coun ty tuberculosis and health as sociation taking in the con vention for his own informa tion and at his own expense the canadian association is also considering adding and health to its title as halton has done few board members attend ed the meeting those regis tered were mostly staff and the talks were technical there were sessions on nursing and rehabilitation as well among the speakers were dr hatfdan mahler geneva who expressed deep concern over the continuing incidence of tb in underdeveloped coun tries of the world and the doctor from thedford mines who specializes in improving conditions there to prevent lung disease air pollution and the prob lem of smoking enter into the consideration of the group now w sp cur fo pital beds are filled but there are still many cases those over 60 can be a special prob lem as carriers of disease mr hinton leamed the association benefits greatly from the general christmas promotion of seals which includes all of the us and canada local contribu tions support research and broadening fields as well as detection and treatment of- tu berculosis mr hinton said he learned that mrs lbnau halton asso ciationscapable secretary is most highly regarded among her colleagues she did hot attend the meeting in quebec city his future choosing his career of furthering education and a place for settling down illus trating the range of choice that is open to him in the area the student is a native of halton taking a second look about him through his memories his thoughts and his ambitions and assessing all that he sees of the assets in both towns and country all parts of the county are being covered by the color camera this spring and sum mer capturing the changing landscape and the events of the season and representing the ac tivities of the student as he de cides to continue in the fall at one of the more than five plac es of higher learning that are easily available to halton coun ty residents the 20 minute sound color motion picture will be avail able for showings locally and across canada earlv in 1968 completes coarse wayne d scott 169 churchill rd n acton has completed a specialised home training pro gram in tv radio servicing from devry technical insti tute 97 lawrence avenue west toronto the local man is now em ployed bv uniledcarr canada limited tact the unsaid part of what you think mr and mrs mike bevan were hosts wednesday of last week to the acton high school staff their wives husbands and friends for an outdoor barbecue the teachers who left acton in pouring rain dis covered there had been no rain at the bevans home in kleinburg and the meal was enjoyed outside in perfect wea ther there were presentations to two of the teachers who are leaving miss vira flak and mr bevan himself another teacher who has resigned os car drijber was not present among the guests were miss jean barber a recently retired teacher mrs a orrr who re tired but was called back at easter and mr orr the bevans daughter an airline stewardesss was home to assist her parents tuberculosis not as many has- halton cooperative medical care plan pays w all surgical operations k doctors office home end hospital visits co anaesthetists services xrays also major medical yearly plan drugs individual or employee groups may enrol at any time of the year revised rates monthly 575 single monthly 11 jo couple monthly 1123 family payable 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