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tijews of the district hilxsbuitgh rlllaborgn hotlealtural society held their annual fall flower show in the community centre recently it was the most outstand ing exhibit of flowers and vegetables that the society has ever had and a wonderful display of specials and cut flowers mr doug femsey of orangevtlle judged the flower section in the evening be showed slides of us tour in africa mr alex duncan and mr dong gray judged the vegetable section the ross r mackay public school has entered its second week of the fall term it has the highest enrolment in the history of the school numbering 224 it has been found necessary jo have a port able class room built to hold some of the classes the room shall be built as soon as possible it will be of ordinary school room sice and electrically heated milton hilton falls dam and reservoir has been shoved to the top of the priority list by the halton region conservation authoritys water control advisory board members of the authority teamed thursday the dam would be constructed in a natural valley north of five slderoad in nassagaweya to store the water in a creek fed by mountain streams plans call for no development of the 400 acre property for recreation simply maintenance as a wildlife sanctuary the authority wants construction to begin mis year but is still dickering on one piece of property needed for the scheme number two on the list is the 600000 scotch block dam east of highway 25 and just north of 10 slderoad in esquesing it is slated to begin in 1968 the burllngtonoakvlue airport project moved another step fur ther along a roadway littered with red tape last week oakviue council approved a borrowing bylaw providing funds for the civic airport scheme at omagh in north oakvwe and on wednesday passed a second bylaw providing for a preliminary agreement on costsharing between the two towns the council was again urged to take the issue before the people at decembers election but rejected the suggestion ward one ratepayer alfred ford made a presentation objecting to the airport location in the residential and farming area southwest of omagh lnterestlon and councillor geoff drewbrook called again for a plebiscite fergus fergus like acton has been the scene of the phoney bank inspec tor racket one elderly man was victimized recently and is now nearly 12000 poorer police cuet roy smith said that the man who does not wish us name used was contacted by phone at us home by a man posing as a bank accountant he was asked for us bank balance and the amount of us last withdrawal he was told that two policemen and one policewoman wen investigating irreg ularities among the bank staff he was asked to withdraw a cer tain amount of money from his account and not to say anything to any of the bank staff or the police as irregularities were under in vestigation and they didnt want anything done to tip anybody off right after the man had withdrawn the money a man imperson ating a police officer called at us home almost simultaneously the phone rang and it was the phoney bank accountant who asked to speak to the policeman when the visitor had hong up he said that he had been asked to bring the money lack to the bank the money vas handed over and that is the last the fergus man lias seen of it this happened on august 23 and for three weeks the man did nothing finally he called the bank to find out how the investigation was going and learned the truth georgetown a threeman bid to withdraw from the credit valley conservat ion authority was defeated at council the motion by mrs jim young and bob francis asked that steps be taken to see if the town could withdraw from the credit valley conservation authority were not getting anything for our 1100 said cr young cr francis agreed but felt it was impossible to withdraw i dont think we got ten cents worth of service and it cost us 100000 the mayor long an opponent of the cvca claimed it was a liabil ity and if anything the town should be demanding a refund reeve william hunter pointed out that acton had tried to withdraw and found it was impossible cr steamer emmerson compared the cvca to a long term investment which would be thrown away by withdrawing at this time the vacancy in the georgetown assessment commissioners office created when clifford j hibbert resigned has been filled with the uring of marshall bain an ottawa nam who has been with the assessment department there for the past five years mr bain age 27 will be a bachelor until november 4 when he and susan yokom a welland girl now living inotuwa will be married lets play w bridge by bill coats umehouse father dies in holland by mrs a benton mrs haines of australia is visiting mrs n mitchell the wi had a very busy aft ernoon with their food booth at acton fall fair we extend sympathy to the swlnkles in the passing of us father in holland mr swlnkles and us brothers flew to their former homeland to visit urn during us illness just prior to us death rev d nicholson preached at umehouse and georgetown while rev fm young conducted anniversary services at nassag aweya on sunday the wms met at the home of mrs gordon booth last thursday evening mrs sanford reading scripture mrs crichton the prayer and mrs booth the study on the religious sects in canada glory was text word answered in a verse of scripture a husband and wife team head the legion this year mr and mrs gord vertible in the parade the most difficult contracts to play at contract bridge are often those retched through a misun derstanding of the bidding sys tem 1 waslemlnded of this last week when my partner and i leached a small slam contract with only 22 ugh card points in the combined hand here are the hands neither side vulnerable the dealer is south north sa63 h7 dq8752 c 10 9 6 4 west s k j 10 4 h j 8 5 4 3 d k 9 citc2 bast q98 52 q82 o j 10 4 3 cq south s7 h a k 10 9 da6 c aj87 5 3 the bidding south west north east ic 1h 2c 2h 3h pass 4d pass c all pass opening lead heart 4 the bidding misunderstanding auy be bard to spot norths bid at two clubs is correct in most uddlng systems but as my part- aar and i play it it should have been a strong bid expecting more from north in clubs i cue bid the hearts suit my partner decided that i really didnt have clubs and was looking for a long er suit hence the diamond hid to me it looked like solid clubs and diamonds so i went straight to six clubs west led a heart and dummy was spread it looked like one club and one diamond loser for sore maybe if spades and hearts could be eliminated one oppon ent could be persuaded to lead diamonds however there must be at least one club in dummy the acton free press wednesday september 6 1967 gjg adjust times church services since rev gordon turner is conducting morning services at both acton united and churcuu united churches the times are being adjusted to allow um a lit tle more travelling time between charges the acton service is at 10 oclock each sunday morn ing and churcuu will begin now at 1130 rather than 1115 the heart lead made east play the queen and declarer won the trick the club ace was taken leaving the ugh club in wests hand a spade to the ace and a spade ruff came next the high heart was cashed and the nine of hearts was led when tus was not covered by west a diamond was discarded for declarer could not afford to ruff two hearts in dummy the heart ten was ruffed and dummys last spade was led and trumped by declarer now the stage was set a low club lead and west was on the lead there were no hearts or spades in either dum mys or declarers hand there was one trump and diamonds in dummy and three trump and dia monds in declarers hand west led a low diamond declarer play ed dummys queen and claimed the balance last weeks winners at the ac- wansbrough picnic at rockwopd park the annual wansbrough picnic was held sept 10 at rockwood park with nice weather and a good crowd two good meals were enjoyed relatives from agincourt kincardine ancestor burlington rockwood and acton attended ton bridge club were tied for first mrs gwen jeff ares and cam sinclair with harry frost and bob thorne tied for turd were miss barbara smith and amd mrs jackie nolan with jack coats and pat jeffares first line tv soles service 8531057 channel master antennas for perfect color and superb black white reception guarantied plans were made for the fan thankoffering meeting and the secretary was asked to order presbyterian calendars for 1968 the hostess served a nice lunch afterwards the umehouse presbyterian young people met at the home of their leader mrs bert benton on sunday evening quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils m ltaummua oil burner finance plan lo years to pay small carrying charges dependable service thompson fuels ltd phone 8532370 acton after hours 8532174 look here 6chaolds talk about farm fresh pickyourown apples 3 at chudleigh bros rr 3 milton 4168782725 september 22 to october 15 large family 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