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ifev c of c sponsors ri atfm ftss wvcl dv ot three candidates debate issues for 80 citizens in auditorium chambtft op commerce president paul nielsen used the gavel when he had to at last thursdays meet the candidates night sponsored by the acton chamber from left tirner john shadbolt aar nielsen and candidates jack lush tod mac donald and george kerr about 100 attended the interesting evening in the high school auditorium staff photo news of the district georgetown georgetown has the unique distinction of having been chosen to beat the model united nations in centennial year the general aaaambly of tfaa un will be called to order on october 20 in the auditorium of georgetown district high school one hundred and fifty students from as tar away as kitchener kingston and north bay will attend largest number of delegates in the eight year his tory of the orgsnlaahon the event was conceived to bring togeth er secondary school students to discuss pressing political prob lems georgetown delegates will represent six communist bloc nations the ussr albania roumanla cuba yugoslavia and hungary the managing director of the ontario housing corporation lab elled reports of a huge hqme housing development in george town as completely false hw suters said the corporation has nt obtained any land nor tstt currently negottating tor land in georgetown he did add however that this did not mean the oh c would not obtain land in the georgetown area if a suitable site were offered and it was established there was a need for building lots in the municipality a georgetown family was left homeless with little more than the clothes on their backs when fire ravaged their home at rr 2 mr and mrs steve larsen were chased from their home on the eighth line of esqueslng a mile south of georgetown by flames and smoke after being awakened by their dog barking two of their three children were forced to leap from an upstairs window and one of them suffered a minor back injury only the downstairs bedroom and kitchen were not charred by flames erin the 117th annual erin fall fair was officially opened on friday october 6th with the welcoming of holsteln breeders competing at erin for the first time in the westcentral ontario champion ship holsteln show this outstanding show formerly held at the canadian national exhibition is an exhibit and competition of the finest registered holsteln cattle in ontario twohundredandeighty six entries from eleven counties in ontario competed with two hundred and ten cat tle shown this apparently is a record as there were eightyfive more animals at erin than at the cne1 the erin agricultural society went to considerable expense to attract this show to erin silverwood sword sheath cither antiques members of silverwood sew what met in st georges church hall for their 2nd meet ing nancy perry is a welcomed new member the first item of business was to set achievement day it will be at balllnafad hall on january 20 and all sewing must be finish ed by january 15 the girls were advised that new fabrics should not be dried in a dryer the first laundering patterns were cut out and pinned the next place of meeting on oct 18 is st georges church hall mr c wilson along with a hunting party at wawa bagged two moose recently mrs wm norton and mrs h scott enjoyed a bus trip and tur key dinner at terra cotta com munity hallf they were guests of georgetown womens institute on wednesday oct 11 mr and mrs h marchlngton visited at picton with son bob and family and at ottawa with mr and mrs frank marchlngton gardeners in the silverwood area report a good crop of rasp berries and strawberries from their everbearing canes and plants the sunny weather is ripening the fruit silverwood womens institute met at mrs hinda corbetts on thursday evening october 12 o canada opened the meeting mrs carmlchael vicepresident was in the chair the rollcall was answered by showing heir looms a sword and sheath found in a fence corner a 100-year- old spelling book old china a raisin seeder old silver rings brooch grandfather clock were some of the items on exhibit a committee waschosen to arrange a christmas party mrs burt gave highlights of the area con vention found in field shown at wj mrs g smith was guest speaker and gave a reading on early canada champlalns struggle to establish a thriving colony and then later la salles turbulent period of power and his many misfortunes a social hour with coffee and sandwiches ended a busy meet ing an interested but rather sparse crowd of about 80 persons beard halton wests three candi dates state their views and ans wer questions thursday of last the program which was over shortly after 9 pm due to an other political meeting in camp- ballville was organized by the acton chamber of commerce to give all voters the opportunity to meet the personable trio of candidates present pc member george kerr was joined on the high school gym platform by two hal- 35w8st newcomers jack lush for the liberals and ted mac- donald for the ndp in the audience many of them committed voters alread judging by applause were half a dozen children about 16 high school students and several teachers chamber president paul niel sen introduced the program and welcomed the attentive acton and district voters john shadbolt acted as timer the high schools automatic sports timer was used to count down the three candidates who each had 10 minutes to speak and five minutes later tor re buttals mr lush picked a poor ex ample when he cited this sports timer as an example of extrava gance in government spending on schools it was paid for by the students who raised the money through special projects the order of speaking was drawn for and mr lush came first mr kerr second and mr uacdooald third im motivated by wanting to serve you said mr lush as he thumbnalled his career and then touched cin some of the liberals many issues he mentioned eliminating grade 13 which costs you millions of dollars standardis ing text books home plan thats not easy the fiasco of atlantic acceptance loopholes in assess ment pollution he hit the inefficiency of our present government you the citizen are neglected mr lush recalled that mr kerr said he would work with dr harley on the problem of the ac ton station said mr lush why wasnt he working before he had four seconds left when he concluded by pledging to work in your interests mr kerr also fitted an all- embracing talk into 10 minutes minus four seconds the government candidate lsat a disadvantage however he thought the robarts government was a good one he covered sufficient jobs selling abroad education and training of older and unskilled workers the new colleges im led to believe the site of the new school wlu be in halton county highways includ ing improvement between acton and ospringe soon go transport hospitalization recreation and social legislation there are always problems in an expanding economy i dont believe in irrespon sible promises he added a spirited rebuttal of lack of progress in pollution control citing fairy lake he pointed out the cnr problem is federal not provincial adding ill do my darndest to have this decision revokedlf there are no rail facilities its difficult to have new industrie s mr macdonald began by re porting a tremendous surge of dissatisfaction in halton west the government has largely done very little and let the business community carry the burden of progress imagination and foresight are required every year the farm ers same suggestions are put on the shelf property taxes are up other sources of revenue should be used to assist in cost of education acton and georgetown should be assisted to develop transit systems a young energetic visionary party with ideas was recom mended as he sat down 12 sec onds short of the timing buzzer the quostlon and answerper- iod brought a steady supply the majority of them on education a young public school student in the front row asked mr kerr why there hadnt been an addition built to the mz bennett school thanking the young boy for bis ojuestion mr kerr pointed out the responsibility lies with the local school board one of the high school teachers asked why educators are not con sulted about the planning of a school and received the same answer they should be con sulted mr kerr felt a taxpayer ruefully wondered if teachers who acted as consult ants wouldnt want more money but to laughter received an em phatic no from the teacher a questioner asked about stan dard designs tor all schools but mr kerr maintained the local board should develop its own de- slghsr yottwont save with a government architect basic de signs just dont work out the tendering system saves money i think talk about frills is great ly exaggerated another questioner asked why no third lane had been built on no 25 highway for slowmoving vehicles mr kerr simply agreed to the need for on the high cost of car insurance produced another informative discussion rebuttal time brought mr macdonalds additional com ments on housing and teaching roferring to the dredglnghe ask ed is the land privately owned will people have free access mr lush added nothing will come here without a railroad suggested recent projects were buying votes and referred to mr kerrs doubletalk citing the time clock as something he never had in school mr kerr fired a series of final volleys including teaching more in kindergarten rather than eliminating grade 13 explaining low interest mortgages if the ndp come to power they will kill business i always think of a rummage sale a one of these meetings something for homing i always wonder who pays the brisk meeting ended with handshakes and the handing out of literature nonagenarian ck browne inevitable cigar in his mouth sported a partisan button and gave out folders for the tories present case for addition to committee public school board members wlu present their case for an mz bennett school addition si a meeting of no 1 committee of council thursday november 4 the board decided at their last regular meeting that the com mittee of council would again be asked to consider building an ad dition to the crowded school as soon as meeting could be arrang ed ica foods iga foods iga foods iga foods iga foods iga foods iga foohs ica foods iga font- lift frigidaire luxury dryer priced right for you model deofl timer lets yoti set exact drying minutes exclusive ventfree system needs noplumbing you save on installation nostoop lint screen is right on the door dpc means durable press care manning electric acton there are rabies cases in the district again dr d maxweu erins veterinarian has advised the village newspaper than an outbreak of rabies has been reported in the erin area two rabid foxes on the outskirts of the village were reported and shot another local farmer has a sick cow suspected of being rabid milton an early decision to miltons annexation application has been promised by premier john robarts in a telegram received by the town pc candidate jim snow released the text of the telegram noting it had been the subject of discussions between the premier and mayor sg chllds during the premiers visit to milton fair at that time the town submitted a brief to mr robarts and the premier assured the town representatives he would immediately look into the delays complained of in the telegram the premier says he recognises that there have been considerable delays but this had been unavoidable and necessitated by many complicated and often conflicting considerations a major factor has been the necessity of having available the report of the smith committee on taxation this has been at hand for only a short time and is now being studied most intensively and the applicability of its recom mendations to the many facets of municipal and regional govern ment is being thoroughly assessed a trio of local moose hunters did well at larder lake but like fishermen they missed the proverbial tag one that get away gord lee and ms son grant from hornby and bob presslck from milton were hunting with two northern residents near larder lake and grant and bob each shot a yearold bull moose one weighed 480 pounds and the other was 425 pounds nice eating size but still a chore to quarter and carry three miles through the dense bash to their camp please note for the balance of the season we are open thursday friday and saturday only entertainment for the whole family thurs fri sat oct 19 20 21 all color show one spy too many starring robert vaughan david mccallum as napoleon solo as lllya rvs tom dorothy proving plus marco the magnificent starring horst bucholz eisa martinelli omar sharif i anthony quinn show starts 730 pm pie filling sltffm cmnt m pie filling cumructivui soups nabob coffee cmcmiwnui shake n bake lommw quick oats nrntrs mixed rolls catrnrtmctun mocha square 2b3 2b9 699 249 75 45 45 iga whiti oven frish bread white granulated sugar 75 v- potatoes make the meal cmum ha 1 hade p eel potatoes cheshire mmwimn 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