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the acton free press wednesday october 11 1 967 3 c o x itictioh bribfs repaving of highway 25 is progressing quickly this week as the second coat of asphalt is laid down by huge mach ines speed limits have been reduced in areas where work men are engaged in recon struction when completed its expected the new stretch of road will be a test ground for new speed limits proposed by the department of highways staff photo acton residents at ordination of minister a goodly number of acton re sidents who are members and friends of afaple avenue baptist church georgetown attended a service of ordination held in that church on september 26 1967 for the purpose ofordalningthelr pastor robert c lohnes the ordination council was made up of ten representative advance polls advance polls for the election wyi be open thursday friday and saturday october 12 13 and 14 from 8 am to 5 pm and again from 7 pm to 10 pm standard time 9 am 6 pm and 8 pm- 11 pm daylight saving time halton east polls will be set up in milton at 35 court st in georgetown at 30 young st in oakville at the municipal building 1225 trafalgar road halton west pous wiu be in burlington at 2154 parkway drive 5087 lake shore rd 492 beverly dr and 540 north shore ej in nassagaweya at the resi dence of mrs lawrence sharpo of rh 1 campbeuvllle in ac ton at 66 nelson court and es- queslng at the residence of d williams on no 7 highway in silver creek esquesing twp interim report forecasts need more schools population of esquesing town ship increased 438 to a new high of 8037 it was revealed in an interim report issued by asses sor art benton mr benton aid the figures ran counter to the projection in the plunkett report which lore- cast a population of 7000 in esquesing by 1980 councillors were a trifle alar med at the figures for children under age ave they showed a need for additional school rooms in the next two years figures showed over 1000 children will be added to esque sing schools and less than 4o0 will graduate into high school more meetings two more meet-the-candl- dates meetlns are taking place this week as the provincial elec tion campaign gets in high gear tuesday evening the sertoma club of burlington sponsoredone for candidates lush kerr and macdonald in halton west on thursday a meeting will be held in the galaxy club in oakville where halton east candidates skuce gillies and snow will ace the voters questions kerrarama hon william davis minister of education will be guest speak er at the halton west progress ive conservative kerrarama night at central park in burling ton wednesday october u at 730 pm food fun music and politics will highlight the evening in ev ent of rain the rally will be held in the circus room of the burl- inton arena kerr critic ted macdonald ndp candi date for halton west has criti cized the conservative govern ment and george kerr in part icular tor what he refers to as a dontcare attitude mr macdonald also criticises the government for the lack of municipal grants as well as the smith report and the home own ership made easy plan he said an ndp government would use all available means to relieve the housing crisis and make loans available at reason able interest rates recover stolen goods cons mcarthur of the acton opp was instrumental in the recovery of 50o in stolen goods taken from a break and entry in museum wants to save dying elm on highway 25 the famous crooked elm tree it would make a nice abstract on highway 25 near milton app- display for the museum at kelso ars doomed to extinction but said the curator rvhahlsye- went be lost forever if halton museum curator major hal j newman has his way struck by the dreaded elm di sease earlier this year and gouged at the base by construct ion crews the elm will probably have to come down major new man said it would be a shame if it was just cut down and trucked away and so he is writing to the department of highways to see if u least the crooked section can be saved on an eight foot high section of the tree that would include the humpbacked z curve the crook of the tree is quite a landmark around here it has appeared in ripleys believe it or not column where it was called the tree that changed its mind thousands of tourists have photographed it and pict ures have appeared in many can adian us and british publica tions why is the tree crooked there are a lot of stories one laoy who knew the tree as a child re membered it was growing up and down through a stump fence that used to sit by the side of the road other theories include a bio chemical disorder in the tree roots and one mans guess since disproven due to the trees age that the indians warped it that way when it was just a twig to mark the trail the tree was earlier this year nominated to the most unusual class of the ontario forestry associations centennial honor roll of trees news of the district glen williams hulsburgh fastballers knocked glen williams out of the inter- comty f playoffs this year when the burghers hung a 50 statout on the glen in the fourth game of the bestoffive set huusburgs ace filacer ross spice r spun a three hitter to knock tbe glen off nell best started for the glen before bowing to joe stiaw in the fifth meanwhile georgetown lost a 62 decision to guelph braxalots in the fifth and final game of the other semi final guelph and hlllsburgh meet in the finals fergus only two farmers a father and son from the mount forest area entered the horse class at the wellington county plowing match held just north of here on saturday andy macrobue was first and his 12 year old son gilbert second agricultural repres entative arthur grubb said the match was better than average in spite of the weather whicn had been wet the day before the events were held on the farm of leonard jefferson farmers from four counties waterloo wellington gray and peel took part there were ten classes with 25 plowmen competing farming hazards whytstanning so hazardous well a farmer uses many mach ines and does several types of jobs every day he uses a lot of f a t lip e tric drill to a 100 tup tractor usually he has learned his skills by experience bad habits as well as good no one supervises him to see that hes working safely so keep these in mind mr farmer andtake extra care cooksviue an acton man was church of the feiowwp oljf jff lnl evangelical baptist churches wj uoods last wednesday afterdoon canada an organization of some 430 member churches pastor lohnes was examined on the basis of a threefold state ment including conversion call and doctrinal beliefs moderator for the afternoon was rev ron mills of bethel baptist church in fergus clerk was mrs frank whltm of maple avenue baptist vhurch maple avenue baptist church rev lohnes statement was acc epted unanimously with commen dation by n beckner who said it was the finest presentation he had heard in spite of the many like services he had attended a charge was given to the candidate by pastor frank and rews of faith baptist church in oakville rev bruce penny a former pastor of maple avenue baptist church gave a charge to the church rev ren mills led in ordination prayer as the visit- ing ministers laid on bands see us now for a low price on canadas linaat farm building butler farm supply company 1221 bellvlew ave burlington ontario 6342805 bell lines by l g denby your telephone manager october 17 is an important day for residents of onlino we are given ihv privilege of really working at dcmoiiai instead of meielv reading or talking about it our provincial eleumn october 17 provides the oppor- lunit foi all of us to share the responsibility of living in a free land ine xiiu ote its too precious a privilege and icsponsibilitv to ignore hunting is in exciting sport which demands patient obsou ation tooidiiiition endurance and a quick eye to capture the prize of the hunt however hunting micro wave and iulio antennas and telephone eables requires none ol these qualities such huntinj gives you nothing no plnsicil exeicise no excitement no reason to brag of success in i let shooting at microwave and radio loweis oi telephone cables is much like turning vour gun on a friend these communications networks help you prepare foi a hunting inp lv earning lepnrls on weather forest flies oi floods when hunters become lost or inured cnmtntiniiations agun plas a maior role in coordinating searih and reside efforts to save their lies you can see then how foolliinlv it is to waste ammunition taking pot shots at one of the hunter s best friends communications links could save vour life on a hunting trip a moving target is the tme ihillenge to a hunters marksmanship in southern alnca telephone repairmen have a really gigantic problem not hunters but elephants the animals have iliscoveieil that telephone poles are marvel ous backscratchers and they are causing static by rubbing against the wires itchy elephants are a problem we dont have of course ilixwevci we do consider any problem with your telephone service a big one thats why we try to prevent trouble before it starts our underground cable is kept under pressure so that we will be warned of any damage or break we keep a close eye on our overhead cable ami we ask vou to please take care when hunting this fall how much can you say in a three minute phone call a lot slow talkers can get in about 450 words while people who talk fast can whi2 through about 750 words many important ideas can be expressed in three minutes just consider lincoln needed only 267 words for the gettysburg address and shakespeare used just 363 for hamlets famous soliloquy to be or not to be scrwhcn you hjve something to sav to someone far away do try long distance a real bargain especially if your calls are within ontario and ouebec and you call any evening after r oclock or anytime sunday cxtiy cll4f best buy sav 6c fresh pack 24oxjar mrs lohnes was presented with a bouquet of roses by mrs kenneth gould sr the evening w climaxed by a stirring mes 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