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tt ninetythird yearno 23 authorized u second clin mali by the post ofrloa dei ottawa for pur paid in cash at acton ontario ttttxl jfttt ft acton ontario wednesday december 6 1967 sixteen pages ten cents esquesing council briefs at a meeting tuesday night esquesing council passed a motion to accept the tenders of barclay haulage and m neues construction for now plowing township roads at a coat of 10 an hour and one hoar standby time subject to the approval of the department of highways the two success ful tenders were the only ones accepted the tender of bar clay haulage and jennings ex cavating for sanding township roads at 5 an boor and5stand- by time subject to the approval of the department of highways asked the road superintend- to remove pine trees threatening to fah an a house owned by if logan agreed to pay their share of the deficit for balllnifarl com munity halls operation received a letter from dth band concerning two large elm trees which constitute a baxard which the writer said were on township property hes mis taken if s not township property but belongs to the county ex plained icc lindsay theyre on land expropriated by the coun ty for the seventh line widening received correspondence from the board of transport out lining plans for installing flash ing lights and crossing signals on the railway crossing on no 5 tderoad rt fairy hjceke as uuugeiw ice on fairy lake was termed definitely dangerous by cor poral ray hasan this week fol lowing return of milder weather he asks parents to cooperate with police in warning children to stay off the ice approve two year term the first sunday of advent the period before christmas in the christian churchs calendar was marked at st albans church sunday by the lighting of the first candle on the advent wreath on each successive sun day in advent new candles are lit on the wreath father r mcaaurray left reads the appropriate prayers while paul martindale lights the taper staff photo application to prove addition need resignation new caretaker on agenda preliminary steps prior to de partment of education approval of the mz bennett school ad dition were taken by public school board tuesday night at the meeting with the full board in an mzb classroom were area superintendent wl mcneill toting up required figures for the application and architect don skinner with an initial plan based on requirements as the board debited area square feet room function and location to keep costs down mr skinner deftly shrank his first set of plans on tissue paper for the board to assess mr mcneill startled the board with the figuring which accom panied his formal assessment of the need of the addition for de partment approval he explained the department now estimates just one child per new home not 15 as previously used he only had definite figures on 103 new homes but was promptly assured of 50 more tor sue and rumours of various subdivisions including the say- nuck property near the school the departmentalsoestlmates 35 pupils per classroom although principal smith quickly declared oils anrealisacwlth necessary apportionment of grades however with the figures at hand mr mcneill recommended the closing of three rooms in the stone school after considerable disagree ment with the recommendation and to expedite approval board members passed a motion to va- soon back at full strength two new men will report next week bringing the acton detach ment of the ontario provincial police up to full strength again corporal r mason said this week constable peter campbell al ready here on loan from the oak- ville detachment has been posted here permanently constable campbell was on loanuntilcons- table nick farion recovered sufficiently from injuries suf fered in an accident constable farion is back on duty here now but qpp brass decided constable campbell could stay to replace one of the two constables who quit the force expected next weekto complete the force is constable david s staffort from the burlington de tachment s uawgtgiaie hi cate three rooms to prove to the department with immediately available figures the need for four classrooms in the addition 1 see noproblem said mr mc neill but its the way we have to show the need some members expressed their conviction the stone school rooms would remain in full use with population increases by september it was recalled they have already been phased out and come into use again its just bookkeeping one surmised mr mcneill strongly recom mended larger classrooms tor the junior and senior opportunity classes and suggested they move across the hall in the stone school he suggested one room in the rl school should be used as a library replacing the in adequate facilities at one end of the kindergarten t boundary changes are also considered a trustee since 1961 bill ben son tendered his resignation which was accepted with regret and words of commendation at their january meeting the board will name a replacement according to regulation no election is required a new fulltime caretaker on the 412 shift is colin maccoll jrwho jains his parents and his wife in looking after both the public schools he replaces g barnes there were six appli cations trustee cyril bishop present ed a breakdown of the janitors duties he felt salaries should be raised and after discussion they will be increased january 1 john hoare has been awarded the snow shovelling contract for the year continued on page 6 esquesing elects currie new reeve lawson patterson leslie to council esquesing township has a new reeve two new councillors the same school board and a two year council term beginning in 1969 fbuowing mondays election which saw only a disappointing 23 of the township voters turn out to cast their ballot two veterans of the esques ing political scene made a neck- andneck race out of the election before deputy reeve george cur rie got the nod by a scant 23 votes over incumbent reeve geo rge leslie the election saw two former councillors returned to office councillor jim goodlet was de feated in the four man race for three council seats wr bob lawson led the polls for council followed close ly by present councillor cf pat patterson the last seat went to challenger wilfrid les lie who had 78 votes more than mr goodlet ah three members of the pre sent school board up for election were reelected dr c a thompson headed the polls with 814 votes he was followed by lloyd fisher with 694 and ches ter early with 667 challenger jim france a new face in the esquesing political scene polled 306 votes in his first appearance on the ballots voters gave their assent to the two year council term by almost 21 657 votes to 377 the question was defeated in only one poll of 12 and then by a mar ginal two votes ratepayers crowded into elec- blame icy roads three accidents icy roads again contributed to accidents on acton streets during the past week two were reported to police saturday one at mill st and john at 230 pm and the other at johns texaco service at mill and yonge sts at 735 pm drivers involved in the first smash were malcolm kenneth jones leslie st brampton and fred lemon john st acton fifty dollars damage was caused to the jones vehicle a volks wagen jones was eastbound on mill constable nick farion in vestigated damage of 350 was reported from a collision between vehicles driven by hazen r webster church st and donald wesley perry jeffrey st at 735 web ster was eastbound on mill and the perry car was coming from the texaco garage lot the perry car received damages of 250 to the grill and fender websters vehicle had an estimated 100 damage to a front fender and bumper ten turkeys three prizes drawn at bingo the ys mens annual bingo produced turkev dinner for nine acton homes and one milton one saturday evening winners in the annual draw were rose priest don perry bern van fleet j oconnor j manes charles auger donna bateman mrs jf smith and mrs hc crourke all of ac ton and elvln coulson of milton in the y ladies auxiliary draw mrs mansell nellis won an electric blanket george lee luggage and david turgey of toronto won an electric razor constable b kressler investi gated sunday morning at 623 am a car driven by edwin pope meadvale rd received an esti mated damages of 150 to the right fender and bumper when he lost control on the ice and col lided with the steps in front of knox presbyterian church damage to the church steps was estimated to be 10o constable kressler investi gated tlon headquarters at the town ship hall anxious to see the re sults but had to wait for a de linquent poll from norval until after 10 oclock before the final result was known reeve leslie trailed challen ger george currie by over 60 votes before the final poll came in councillor jim goodlet also trailed and they depended on a good showing from norval to get back in the running when the final poll results were known the incumbent reeve picked up a large margin over his opponent but was still short 23 votes councillor goodlet failed to score heavily in the area all the contestants were given a chance to say a few words to ratepayers in a postelection meeting presided over by the reeve who was the first to con gratulate mr currie on his elec tion its the first time ive been defeated said mr leslie but if you stay at it long enough you are bound to get it sooner or later reeveelect george currie who has held the top township post on a number of previous occasions beginning back in 1932 spoke next v i knew it was going to be a close race i doubt it theres ever been a time when theres been so much experience running for office mr currie empha sized it was a clean battle all the way with both he and the reeve good friends he said he hoped for cooperation from councill ors in his new position and thank ed ratepayers for the confidence they placed in him although he filled the deputy- reeves office by acclamation councillor tom hill who foll owed the election with keen in terest was also asked to speak he congratulated the successful candidates and reiterated his in tention to give all his support to council and vowed to do his best at county council first of the newly elected councillors wr bob lawson who topped the polls in the four way race assured ratepayers he would carry out his duties to the best of his ability i feel very humble on this occasion he remarked reelected for his third term in office cf pat patterson said he was alarmed only 23 per cent of the voters bothered to exercise their franchise go back and talk to your neighbors he urged and get them out to vote if we donf said mr patter son who followed close on bob lawsons heels well be losing a fundamental right he pledged to do his best for esquesing final councillor to be heard wilfrid leslie said briefly he would do his best and go along with decisions made by the pre sent council on roads dust and fires unsuccessful candidate jim france told the impromptu meet ing he had done weu considering he had only five days in which to campaign he promised to be back in the running again next continued on pagt 3 successful councillors boh lawson wil- after mondays election in esquesing coun- fnd leslie and pat patterson check results cillor jim goodlet was defeated staff photo warning two complaints to police this week about men making ad vances to small children have resulted in a warning for par ents to warn their children of the danger of accepting rides from stranmrs two youths in an old black car curb cruising allegedly accosted an 11yearold girl on the street and asked her to get la tor a rids the girl refused and the youths threatened to get her police said another incident involved a man on foot in the nelghborhobd i of the ymca again it was a young girt l police are investigating but ask parents to be watchful and notify them of any suspicious incidents hows it going fellas says candidate for esquesing reeve george currie as he arrives at election headquarters check with that last poll and see how im doing could be close george leslies right on my heels have a cigar george gave me tn i made h pretty dose margin good dean