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k ospmnge 2 the acton fr preai wxinetdayraugutt 30 1967 land developer purchases part of howard farm land 43rd storey reunion hold at ou ashgrove school unique fair attraction another land sale was mads last week in the community wban mr rjr howard sold all hli land on the him side of the ugh way from the second to third hub to a land developer mr howard la keeping his house and smn acres adjoining it bradley and randy matthews and kevin archibald all of acton ham been holidaying with their grandparents mr and mrs e archibald mrs george grundy and htm irjr attended the funeral of the formers stater mrs margaret gross at waterloo last week george grundy had the mis foraine4o cut his hand quite bad ly while working with the baler which required eighteen stitches to close mr and mrs l ballenttneand two children from medicine hat alberta have been visiting with mr and mrs david stewart friends were sorry to learn of the passing of charles giueat at guelph mr and mrs giueat lived for awhile in mr george cookes cottage in the upper end of the village mr and mrs wc mcmillan of shaunavon sask are holiday ing with mrs t fines and doris and other relatives in the dis trict other visitors at the fines hooeincluded mr and mrs carl glerhart kathle laurie and mike of worthington ohio and mr and mrs fred mcmillan of montreal mr and mrs john altken of bagotvllle quebec spent a few days with the formers parents mr and mrs gordon altken sharon and darlene robertson of guelph visited for a couple of days with their grandparents o g and mrs robertson umehouse linda lirvham back from trip to maryland recent visitors with mrs ml jackson included mr and mrs fred baptlej mr and mrs mur ray mlllson and family guelph mr and mrs alwn fisher mrs ida woods erin mr and mrs robb bailey and family mimosa mrs etta barden eden mills mr and mrs lionel wation and alex mrs elisabeth stauffer mr and mrs george cruick- shank miss gertrude watson hiusburgh mrs hr howard mrs david stewart and mrs dg robertson visited on monday with a former neighbour miss emma baldic at the nursing home in hiusburgh congratulations to linda fer guson who passed nor grade 13 exams at erin district high school linda is entering the k and w hospital in kitchener as a nursohwrainlng early in september congratulations to mr howard black who received so vora pri ses on hi st welsh ponies at the cwe a number of ladles attended the trousseau toa on saturday givon by mrs stan fuller in hon or of her daughter marlone whoso marriage to robert hanna takes place on saturday after renewing old acquaint ances the storey clan spent a very pleasant tine together at the old ashgrove school for their 43rd annual reunion the weather was ideal for the sports that were enjoyed by both young and old george brownlee and andy frank kept the children busy with their lively sports program after lunch a two minute ali enor was observed for elmer com one who hsd passed away recently dave storey ifrom guelph gavo an interesting talk about the sto rey reunion and mentioned some of the men who had helped to or gandie the storey reunion years ago and who had always worked hard to keep the reunion a friend ly place to bo some of those men were nell black of arkell district page 9 town county council reps at port arthur convention the unusually large total of 140 resolutions were discussed and duly dealt with at the 69th annual convention of the ontario municipal association the four day meeting was held in port ar thur and those from acton who flew to attend were mayor les duby and his wife reeve hh hlnton deputyreeve dr frank qakes and mrs oates clerk- administrator jack mcgeachie and mrs mcgeachie mayor duby as new president of the town and village section didnt have much spare time to spend with the rest of the acton group re was automatically on the executive of the oma and attended many sessions with the resolutions committee he was at meetings all day long be ex plained the next conference is noxt may in ajax again and theres a town thats really grown mr duby exclaimod the delegates stayed in motels and hotels in the twin cities coming to sessions in buses pro vided by the city each person was given by the city an attract ive smooth native stone with the information much needed that the chinese rub similar stones to help them concentrate mrs mcgeachie won a record of original songs of the district sung by carl bostic who was cur rently playing a night club en gagement there the officials and their wives flew from malton sunday august 20 and returned wednesday aight and programs for the ladles of the 140 resolutions dealt with mr duby felt some were especially important many re solutions discussed concerned education there is pressure to obtain at least 80 per cent of ed ucation costs from senior levels of government compulsory dri ver education was supported planning was another import ant field there were many re commendations for amendments and the government was asked to set iq a complete review of plan ning in welfare senior government was asafd to consider at least 80 per cent of cost of hospital construction 80 per cent of fos ter day care programs and to miss margo ruddall attafisor cjatibriaat weeigsestw abtw days- representing 441 onto of haltbr we welcome mr and mrs d foot and family back to the vill age recently they have been living near mooretteld congratulations to mr and mrs nell anderson who cele brated their silver wedding anni versary with a family party on saturday evening mr and mrs gordon quintan of meaford visited mr and mrs bert benton during the weekend miss linda unham has recent ly returned from a 4h club ex change trip to maryland ujsa she enjoyed her trip a high award but it rained heavily most of the week and the farm ers were having great difficulty o comaknaajn harvesting their huge crop of cm wv3ll ydj watermelons mr and mrs bourgue have bad relatives mr and mrs l ouetuet and mr peter landry from magdellne island visiting with them bealso has spwoiatto the fffpgtanv- totftrodmtt rp mllligan chairman of the ontario police commission who spoke on the administration of just- ice and the police act there are 976 municipalities which are members of the om a and there were 1000 people at this convention mr duby has been attending them for six years his first wasthe town and village section convention in ajax in 1960 and colncldentally fire destroys leslie barp august 23 naovide dental care and dentures o lorwell mr duby and mr mcgeachie wre anton bdelegbiem rwiw hinloand deputjmleewe oakes went from county council they found the twin cities won derfully hospitable and very sce nic there were special trips ifftre cifles resohitictis concerning admin istration brought requests tor amendments to the drainage act request for new legislation con cerning boards and commissions and how they are formed seek jim beuohlosandymacdonald toronto wm frank and andy frank acton tom mlchio et- questng alex black guelph and ton storey nassagaweya and bob brownlee toronto this year melvln mccullough acton was the president with mary wilson secretary dr harold mason was elected for next year andy frank brought the meet ing to order for a good program of old tlmo and classical music susan somervllte gave a talk on centennial year and karen o- rourko playod minuet in g korma brownlee talented violin teacher playod several scottish pieces and for an en core played carry me back to old virglnny which was very much enjoyed by evoryono sandra and susan dougatz sang a number then a dance number was next by lisa and mary kin- tea last number was givon by andy frank and dorothy orour- ke with two violin duets two of tho oldost members this year wore tlsh brownlee toronto and davestoroyguelph new legislation regarding the storage of rubbish on property and control of uttor seeking re duction of municipal tax from in come tax general resolutions which were of particular interest to mayor duby and the acton group were- early announcement of ap proval of winter worksprograms elimination of sales tax on build ing materials in view of the in creasing cost of homes regula tion to cover disposal of bottles yes its a real problem tbey learned use of reflecting lic ense plates regulations requir ing inspecting of amusement park equipment and seeking an alter native method of issuing motor vehicle licenses purpose of the oma conven tion mr duby explained is to gather together leading elected representatives andappointed of ficials from both urban and rural municipalities for one of the provinces most important con ventions desbng in matters of jocalgovernment concern sportsmens show lines up contests movies displays movies contests and demon strations will highlight tho unique sportsmens show which will be coupled with acton fall fair for centennial year one admission will allow tho throngs offalrgoors saturday to climb into a bus and ride to cecil nellos farm across the lake for the exciting sporta-or- tented program there continuous movies will bo shown in a speciallyerected lar ge tent which can accommodate as many as 150 as well as trap shooting dem onstrations for the public to watch and maybe try a hand there will bo a competition be tween four teams tho chamber or commorco organizers of this show the only outdoor sports mens show in the country hopo the world champion trap shooter may be here entries for a thrilling model airplane contest arc coming in from london toronto new york and michigan the buzzing mo dels will compete tn stunt and combat flying there are many entries in already and others can still be accepted a novel sight for actonlans and their fall fair guests will be an amphibious vehicle displaying its double talents in fairy lake the carboat runs on both land and water i there will be more dttalla available of the compktoly diff erent program as various items are firmed for the big centen nial fair on saturday september 16 eras 2 piece of chicken french frlen 79c special picnic pak 8 pieces of flavor crlp chicken co 1q readv to serve chicken in a box family pak j puxc it chicken trench fnov colo slvv buttered run lliincv 139 399 525 hood drive in center of aden teulevard and queen st tn aden 8531201 14 piccct of chicken rolls honey party pak 20 piecci of chicken esquesing tsa parents the oma a voluntary or- ganltatlon of municipalities was established in 1899 and is the oldest and most widely repre sentative body of municipal peo ple in the province rooxwood ball team congratulations to the rock- wood senior ball team who won their second round in the inter mediate aora last night in rocawood by defeating good- woods 80 the winningpltcher was john salmon commercially speaking the douglas fir is more aluable than an other tree spontaneous combustion is be lieved to have caused a fire which destroyed a bug barn at the home of wilfred leslie r 4 george town last week only the smoul dering rubble twin silos and the foundation shell are left built is 1913 it was one of the show places of the area mr leslie reported that de spite the loss of the bam milk ing machinery and a large am ount of hay firefighters were able to save a milk storage tank valued at several thousand doll ars georgetown fire department fought the blase but the fire was well underway upon their arrival loss is estimated at over 150000 save money on a freezer now dance and corn roast acton legion friday september 1 at 8 pm darn to jeff barry orchestra everyone welcome admission 200 couple other freezers for as low as 159 save on your food bill buy on easy budget terms richardsons radio ck tv we sendee r sssr s milton what we sell phone 8786949 of public school children jschootbusu please note school bus routes glen williams speyside umehouse pineview milton heights and norval routes remain the same as last term umehouse classes start at b40 ajm glen williams classes start at 50 am speyside classes start at 910 am norval classes start at 840 ajm pineview classes start at 910 ajm milton heights classes start at s40 ajm stewarttown classes start at 900 aja grades 16 lot 14 to 18 inclusive on the 7th line will be picked up at hicken service station and west corner of no 15 stderoad and 7th line at 810 am other stewarttown routes remain the same pupils attending the jr sr auxiliary classes will be accommodated at glen williams town hall and united church basement respectively intermediate auxiliary classes at esquesing township offices until such time as the new addition at sfawarttown is comple parents of kindergarten children are requested to take children to their respective classes at speyside limehouse glen williams pineview for registration on tuesday september 5th between 9 ajn and 3 pm at this time parents will receive further instructions from the teacher the above schedule is to apply m subject to any revisions the board fouowimo a trial all bnstancts school opens september 5 1967 drive carefully