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be s-3- the actbr fne rvete wwdrmday octtfaar i 197 recount possible in halton east aoon and nassaoawtya supporters were among the first on hand to congratulate george kerr on his victory t pro gressive conservative headquarters in burlington last night tuesday stew cramp nassagaweya pc president left gary g kerr sweeps halton west by big majority continued from page i lines was felt to have reduced the total number who exercised their franchise in the township returning officer don mcmillans figures showed el- most 67 per cent of the new ridings eligible voters showed up at the polls only 1 40 of the over 28000 ballots were spoil ed trie heavy vote confused those who predicted it would be light because of a lack of issues voters obviously felt there were many issues george kerr sitting member for the old halton riding was elated at the win his third since he was nominated to lead halton tories his supporters poured into conservative head quarters in burlington from all over the riding to offer con gratulations george kerr told the free press he was very happy with the results particularly those from nassagaweya esques- ing and acton all those ereasgawe me ft good vote and i finjshed firstin all three he pointed put z i 2 appreciate the help campaign organbers and helpers geveme respecialryin nassagaweya where i got a big vote of confidence said a weary but obviously happy pc candi date easy winner of the three way contest mr kerr had words of praise for his opponents especially ted macdonald the ndp candidate who surprised a lot of the filberts by emergjing as runnerup in the contest ahead of liberal jack lush im not surprised at the ndp doing so well said kerr ted macdonald was a good candidate he was tell- davains bruce cargill acton pc president the winner end still champion george kerr frank spielvogel brian cargill and halton warden bill coulter if we only had c k browne here grinned the member for halton west staff photo now ing the truth about shaking over 4000 peoples hands over the campaign he did real well in the short time available the number of voters who cast ballots for him is a tribute to him personally the jubilation moved over to the estaminet inn bur- lirigtonj after pc president andy frame closed down head quarters and supporters contiuued to arrive to convey their personal congratulations until well on in the evening mrs kerr was with her husband all through the trying night and helped george accept congratulations there was neves any doubt of the outcome at the re turning office where representatives of this newspaper made their headquarters returning officer don mcmillan ran a taut ship and returns were handled smoothly and efficiently the first 10 polls were received by 825 pm and they gave george kerr 758 jack lush 357 and ted macdonald 244 at 830 with 35 polls reported kerr had added up 2415 votes macdonald swept into second place with 1 238 and lush trailed with 1064 by 845 it looked like a sure win for kerr although a meteoric jump by macdonalds figures at this point gave pc supporters a short fright but by 905 pm it was established no one could beat george kerr one hundred and thirty polls gave kerr 9872 macdonald 6013 and lush 4654 both losing candidates closed party headquarters early and moved over to congratulate the happy winner surrounded by cheering supporters continued front pagt i skuas edged snow 1310 and there war two polls tied gill ies won seven georgetown polls voters in poll 63 in milton were about the most evenly divided of all they gave skuce 33 votes snow 32 and gillies 31 all four advance polls milton georgetown and oak ville gave snpw a good lead excitement ran high around the pc headquarters in oakville where jim snow started out the evenings work while results were flowing in he visited each campaign head quarters in the riding to congratulate his coworkers and keep posted on the results snow admitted he was pretty worried early in the evening when he dropped into his home poll at hornby to watch the ballots being counted the first four were for the ndp and the fifth was a spoiled ballot he related he did win the poll by the way he arrived back in oakville while things were still in doubt about 75 wellwishers surrounded him it was not until 1038 pm that the last poll was heard from and shouts of hurray filled the room snow quickly grabbed his wife and son jim jr aged 10 who travelled with him through the evening and be stowed a big kiss on each of them the crowd surged around still hardly able to believe it was over to offer congratu lations and best wishes in the years of work in the legislature ahead leaping onto a desk where he could be seen and heard by all he began a victory speech but was interrupted by a telephone call from doug latimer georgetown area organiz er come on down to the house doug the party is on shouted the happy winner over the roar of the crowd turning from the telephone to the crowd he began with a modest i dont know what to say everyone was in vited to the party at the house im lost for words he said it has certainly been a cliffhanger here tonight this would have been absolutely impossible without all the hard work of all you people he went on it has been an excellent campaign and a tremendous experience for barbara his wife and myself but right from the beginning i had the greatest of confidence and i guess it paid off loser bill gillies arrived to concede at 1048 pm just as snow was finishing his speech the two shook hands and parted smiling skuce never did concede i havent seen him all evening snow said later the liberals meanwhile were ending the election activity at the pine room of oakville arena with a smaller- scale party later several party workers went to the home of candidate skuce contacted by telephone skuce said he was really pleased with the entire campaign and although the prelimin ary figures indicated he had lost he was still satisfied with the liberal support af the polls it was especially satisfying in milton he said and he singled out organizer norm pearce for special praise milton was better organized than any other part of the riding and it was mostly norm pearce he said trkk or treat tuesday october 31 is halloween jusf like magic your halloween party is a bewitching success with our favors decorations costumes treats and many other spooky specials coma in today this weekend to choosa from our large selection halloween candy halloween kisses 39c lb peanuts in shell i 39c lb gum drops 39c lb chocolate bars 20 in pkg 89 hintons 5c to 100 store the store that gives you a better choice a better quality a lower price the youngster confronted ms mother dtdnt you tell me the stork brought me and thai i weighed 8 pounds yes well for your information the stork hasnt the wingspread to carry an 8pound load 3m stationery 56 mill st acton 8s3 2031 fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guerph out telephone 8242071 at convention the ontario school trustees convention in cornwall ends to day after sessions sunday lion- day tuesday and wednesday acton public school board trus tees attending are doug manning and cyril bishop ys men will sponsor halloween for unicef again this year halloween fun and assistance for needy children of che world will be combined acton ya mens chib will cen time to sponsor halloween for onieef as part of their world owtlook program botes for contributions will be given out at the schools as be fore and an instructions will be given to the students at the schools the main return dtpot will again be the ymca but for children not wanting to go back greenock damsels continue wool study the third meeting of the gree nock lambsie damsels was held at the home of the assistant lead er alls e pearen on the evening of friday oct 13 the 4h pledge began the awetlng then the six girls ans- enred the roll call which was name one wool material and its mrs mcculloch explained how to shrink wool this was to roll tnt wool in a duip sheet and let lay on a table overnight then press with a press cloth and let dtry completely they also learned that the tern grain is the direction of the yarn in the material it was also keened that the true bias of a aaaterlal is a 45 degree fold forsuag lengthwise and cross- vim grain the true bias is also qatte stretchy bach member was assumed to her wool material before at natttag and the meeting adjoaroaov as far as the y collection depots will be set up at three garages as before ys men win be on duty there as well each year at halloween more and more canadian children carry little unicef boxes on their pennies for uttccef rounds the coins they collect are used by unicef the united nations childrens fund tohetp provide food and health and schooling for other children last year canadian children collected the astonishing sum of 561000 literally tons of coins at halloween for unicef at nilf a carload of acton supporters attended the liberal rally in hamilton on friday evening the program 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