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f oo says farwll ooked elm cut down for fflgfi mum curator mafar n j mewman hand at the final cut talma placa tree dead mm museum a woodpecker flew to a branch of haltons famous crooked elm tree on highway 25 near milton last wednesday afternoon and took a few final pecks for old times sake scant moments be- fore a department of highways crew moved in to take the tree down the tree a famed landmark that once appeared in ripleys believe it or not column is gone but not forgotten killed last spring by the dreaded elm disease it was rescued from the bonfires by major bj newman curator of the halton museum at his request the curved sec tion of the old trees trunk was saved and trucked to the mus eum site at kelso conservation area where it will be treated mounted in a concrete base and displayed to the public a special detail of seven dh o men cut the tree down in less than an hour allan bush of milton brought a crane and flat bed truck to help take the curved section down gently and truck it to the museum vpw- dho man begin the task of removing the old crooked elm tree on highway 23 vlaw of the bottotn of tha tiwa shows how badly elm disease hallowed tha trunk staff photos lets play bridge skteft epealucoat no tramp contracts are more difficult to play than suit con tracts at least thats what many bridge writers say one reason for this may be that at no trump you often should postpone taking your ugh cards for a while many people are reluctant to do this lets look at this ex ample from the acton bridge club botli sides are vulnerable and the dealer is east north saq haq754 d642 c j82 west s864 h- j862 0 a 10 9 ckq4 south s- j975 h k 10 d k j 7 c- a76s the bidding east south west north pass 1c pass 1h pass 1 nt pass 3 nt all pass opening lead nine of dia monds i suppose south could have passed but things like that just dent happen at duplicate bridge the rest of the bidding is straight forward wast has a problem right a the atari with north bidding hearts there is no future in leading from four to the jack wests choice of the nine of diamonds is as good as any this was taken by the jack in declarers hand too many people would now try the hearts however if they are good now they will be good later and declarer should work on other suits spades are the best bet for the king may be on side or the 10 might fall in three rounds declarer tried the spade fin esse but it lost and back came a diamond west took two diamond tricks and tried to set up some club tricks by leading the king this was ail declarer needed he won the king and came right back with a club west won and led a spade but it was too late the club jack was cashed and declarer entered his hand with the heart king the thirteenth club proved to be the needed trick when the heart suit did not split in all declarer took two spades three hearts one dia mond and three clubs if declarer tried hearts at the beginning he will lose a heart as well as the spade a club and two diamonds if the clubs had not been so favourably placed de clarer could always try the heart at the end anyway last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first jackie nolan and barbara smith second kay campbell and gwen jeffaxes tied for third harry frost and bill hamilton with gloria coats and duke wilson east s k 10 3 2 h93 dq8 5 3 c 10 9 5 thinking of a di get the best kitchenaide by hobart loves tv and appliances news of the district milton a good antidote to air pollution bubble bath laboratories a chemical manufacturing firm presently located in dunnrtue is building a new plant on a section of the wilson farm on ontario st n in milton the new milton plant wlu replace the dunnvtlle operation sev eral products including babble bath car fresheners and numerous other related items will be manufactured at the new building he could not say how soon the operation would start here or how many would be employed guelph the stone cottage birthplace of col john mccrae who wrote in flanders fields was not opened on remembrance day as planned barclay holmes president of the col john mccrae birthplace society established two years ago to preserve the home which was to be demolished said that construction delays will put off comple tion until spring he expects an official opening in may georgetown the proposed reconstruction of the georgetown main street bridge over the tracks commonly known as the white bridge will cost an estimated 510000 it was learned at council cr w smith claimed the cost to the town would be between 25000 and 35000 since the railway crossing fund bears 50 per cent of the cost and the cnr 1212 per cent the remainder would be 80 per cent subsidized by the department of highways the projected starting date is in april of 1968 and the hoped- for completion date is late all some adjacent property will have to be acquired again in the traffic picture georgetown council will request the department of highways to make the necessary traffic study to enable the town to erect traffic lights at mountainvlew road and no 7 highway at maple ave and guelpb and main and maple ave the department traffic study is necessary in order to obtain subsidy on the lights maple ave baptist church in georgetown is seeking corridor space in the wriggle sworth school for sunday school the auditor ium is always in use for classrooms erin the erin advocate has words of praise for the acton legion choraliers in their account of the united church anniversary ser vice erin post office will increase service by remaining open six days a week now guelph 8248200 have you heard of bahaullah mif tihrm il kings are dtw in rl9ivl fcittory s milt km ml all lailfca il ntmlrrmm an it la m twr fartnu hat m ml garf nil mbi hm mil r w hit cal ucal tutmy r aammkl mutm w ilaw mu iim ium r my ihi baha1s of etobtcoke mrs eleanor harding secretary 7 mnoway crbcemt rexdale omt open house sunday november 19 2 to vprn acton ymxa brigade honors acton officer flight lieutenant jc rowles acton has been honored by the st john ambulance association in recognition of bis continued good works in the interest of the order fl rowles has been ap pointed a serving brother the honor was announced in the 1967 list published by the st john ambulance association and fl rowles was present at the government house ceremonies at which governor general rol and mlchener officiated on oct 26 fl rowles is on the staff of the surgeon general at canadian forces headquarters ottawa chimpanzees are the only apes known to make tools mteabsoldr when you turn 21 you are no longer covered by your parents hospital insurance you must take out individual membership within 30 days get your ap plication form at a bank a hospital or the commission mew job to keep insured fol low the instructions i on the hospital in surance certificatei of payment form 104 that yburj present employer is required to give ypu on leaving hiwltwidf the family hospital i insurance premium must now be paid to cover husband and i wife notify your group without der layer if you both pay premiums direct no tify the commission your ontario hospital insurance plan county plans tree project representatives from the halt- on county road committee and the oakvlue tree committee met recently to discuss organising a tree planting project on county roads v after discussing the project warden william coulter suggest ed a recommendation go to the county roads committee urging a start on the project using trafal gar road north of highway no 5 as a pilot project to be started this fall if possible the oakvlue committee rec ommended use of norway maple red maple crimson king maple red and white oak white ash carolina poplar and london plane varieties i they also urged the county road committee to determine the types of trees and quantities of each to be planted annually rather than allowing abutting land owners a choice this would el iminate problems in purchasing and help ensure tree types mat ching soil conditions preliminary planning shows yearly costs would be approxi- the acton free press wednesday november 15 1967 g mately 3000 oakriue council chill candles in the lefrlfam- pays 1500 for street planting tor for m hours before nafafc stock and labor costs are lnclud- they win born evenly and not ed drip this service will provide yon with plenty of hot water forafl your household needs ydros new hot water service r7 a km monthly charge covers installation of a modern auto matic electric water heater all service and maintenance in replacement if decennary cdtttf electricity oor all about water glad to tell yon inclusive hot ce acton hydro electric commission 43 aucist 531410 5fe stationery 56 mill st acton hs uk see our complete selection of as cards as warm as sincere and as friendly as a handshake personal christmas cards several books to choose from the selection is excellent truly yours fine quality paper makes a perfect gift printed for io0 sheets and 100 envelopes i several styles to choose from 395 an office size 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