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from alberta ehrjbin buffalo in game preserve extinct in ontario for the past 60 years elk retained to halton on saturday when the halton reg ion conaarvatton authority ship- pad in five young animals from alberta to expand a game pre serve in a valley beside rattle snake point park photographers staffers and carious visitors had a heyday watching the five scared elk being unloaded from trucks and released in the 73acre com pound at the north end of walkers una that already houses five both the bison and the elk were gifts of the federal govern ment from the elk island nat ional park near calgary alta the rattlesnake area is believed compatible with the animals natural habitat in alberta there is plenty of land for browsing and if the snow is too deep their feed will be supplemented with grain the buffalo hrca brought to ontario two years ago seemto be thriving in their new home although they are not reproduc ing yet bobby the bull buffalo wasnt oldenoughuntiltbjs winter to father any offspring but of ficials are hoping to have soma blessed events next spring he has four female compan ions in the grassy treed and rolling enclosure nestling below the niagara escarpment within easy viewing distance of rattle snake point park the fenced enclosure gives the animals the cover they require yet they are frequently seen in the open fields or obtaining food at the walkers news of the district krin members of the erin fire department recently made a canvass of the village for the fund to fight muscular dystrophy as did firemen across the province the erin firemen collected close to 100 tortus worthwhile project to which our volunteer firemen lend their support each year members of the family of mr and mrs john p klrkwood en tertained their parents on the occasion of their 55th wedding anni versary november 20 a buffet supper was served at the home of mr and mrs clarence hurren and a social time enjoyed with their children and grandchildren during the evening the family pre sented their parents with a gift mr and mrs klrkwood reside with their son gordon on the farm lot 4 10th line erin township a century farm where mr klrkwood was born and spent his entire life fergus we are not against area government but we are disturbed that we havent been consulted about it this was the reaction of may or john campbell of fergus to a report that a submission to be made to the area government study in waterloo includes fergus and surrounding area as part of it wr thomson planning direc tor of the city of kitchener and the kitchener planning board have prepared a 100page brief that calls for a 90osquaremlle super dty that includes all of waterloo county and the southern half of wellington as far north as fergus and elora this brief win be submitted to the officials of the waterloo county local government study that is working in kitchener at tttepresent time the first word that fergus officials had of this idea was from newspaper re ports both mayor campbell and fergus clerk david ov express ed the same thoughts they were surprised that the town had not bean consulted before they were included this is grey cup week there are many people who look at baseball only during the world series and football only for the grey cup but theres been football on the tv every weekend as one team after another has been eliminated now theres only saskatchewan and hamilton left its interesting to watch the trend toward rougher sports while professional b is fighting for its life in toronto the rough games are flourishing yet baseball is played in the balmy days of summer while the weather is pretty severe in november for football if it isnt muddy theres three inches of snow on the ground and the spectators need their long woolles and many of them take a few doses of stimulants bat baseball is a slow game and needs figures and statistics to keep it going in football lacrosse and hockey its the players who do the going the players are willing to take a chance on broken legs and such like its a game of bodily contact so if s exciting and the crowd eats it up in football the scoring makes it possible to come- from behind in a hurry and no team is out until the final whistle it theyre at all evenly matched from mostly gossip milton over a century of service to journalism has earned the canadian champion a century of service award from the ontario govern ment in commemoration of centennial year founded in 1861 the champion is halton countys oldest continuously published news paper halton east mpp jim snow presented the plaque on behalf of the provincial government and premier john p roberts to jim dills managing editor of the champion the champion was cited for a century of distinguished and devoted service to the cause of canadian journalism milton council issued a challenge to oakville to have a higher percentage vote in the current municipal elections or drop their objections to annexation councillor brian best suggested the challenge to build interest in the municipal elections in the two towns he noted oakville mayor mclean anderson was pressing to reduce public apathy and it was important in milton to build vot ing interest too to add some interest he offered the incentive that if milton won the honor oakville would drop its objection to annexation georgetown six new policemen began duties on the georgetown police force bringing the total strength to 16 including actin chief harley lowe a selection committee set up by the ontario police commission interviewed five applicants chosen for the position of georgetowns police chief at brampton november so forty units long georgetowns santa claus parade was blessed with ideal weather as it travelled from the plasa in the east end of town to the dow area where the star of the show stepped down to greet a throng of beaming youngsters and distribute bags of fav ours the close to ideal weather made the sponsoring lions club look like brilliant strategists this year for the first time they moved the parade back into november to avoid bad weather which has accompanied the day in recent years roger carey 26 a native of windsor and a former georgetown resident has been reported washed overboard and lost at sea 300 miles off the coast of spain roger was serving as second mate aboard a chartered sailing vessel when he was washed overboard daring a storm una and of their parkette wildufc tachnlcianfranktim- mermans of the hrca and unites readhead a former works superintendent for the authority who retired last year flew wait to alberta two weeks ago to pick up the elk all the animals had survived a 60day pennedup quarantine prior to their departure for ontario they were crated and placed on a train for the long journey eastward and frank and maurloe stayed close to their charges to ensure they were fed properly the train pulled into hamilton railway station saturday morning and within three hours jhe animals had been released in their new home at rattlesnake mr tlmmermans said the lone bull in the herd would weigh 600 lbs and would probably grow to 800 or 900 lbs at maturity his horns were shorn for the transporting because of the dl- mensions of the narrow crate he occupied on the train hell grow a new set by spring an four females should be expecting calves in the spring he said while out west the two men visited a private game farm where muskox are the big at traction the hrca la hoping to eventually add a few muskox to their collection of wild beasts iltumhil ift a special centennial edition of the first volume of a fascinating copies of the book the dic tionary of canadian biography are being placed in the 4500 schools as a centennial gift the company stated the book is the result of nearly 10 years work by more than 100 experts at the university of tor onto and luniverslte laval in quebec city it is considered one of the most important reference works ever published in canada it tells in 755 rams the rtnrv of the colorful adventurous dedicated and ofttimes contro versial figures of canadas foun ding years up to 1700 the lives of nearly 600 men and women who visited or lived in canada during those early years are described in articles ranging in length from a few lines to 17 pages explorers indians norsemen officials missionaries traders farmers sailors and even a few pirates work is already well along on the acton free presa wednesday december 6 1967 a3 lets play bridge by bill coats the end play in bridge is sometimes called an avoidance play you can end play one opponent so that he will have to give you a trick or you can end play an opponent in order that you wont lose a trick here is a hand of the lattor typo this hand occurred at the regular monday evening meeting of the acton bridge club the dealer is north and north south are vulnerable north sa 10 5 3 2 h63 da 97 c q95 west east s- q s7 ha q j 10 8 7 2 h 0 4 d k104 dj63 c 42 ck j 10 8 7 6 3 south sk j 9 8 6 4 hk5 dq8 52 ca and away she goes the first of five alberta elk to arrive and be uncrated at hal ton region conservation authoritys 75acre enclosure at rattlesnake point park makes a dash for freedom as soon as the crate is open ed a cluster of h r c a staffers press and interested visitors witnessed the long awaited arrival of the elk who will om five buffalo already firmly established in the park staff photo sugar and spice and iu shout you get upstairs and get at your homework and stop being so lippy or ill give you a thick ear knowing i wouldnt dare she flounces out goes up and works off her repressions with the guitar and a couple of shouted freedom songs and 1 work off mine by gettjng the carrots ready and inviting her down to dinner but we get along fine she knows her place head of the household and 1 know mine foot of the household ill be glad when mum gets homo at least she knows a head from a foot which is something in these troubled times the bidding north east south west pass 3 c 3 s 4 h 4 s all pass opening load club four east has agoodnonvulnorablo preemptive bid the three club bid really crowded the bidding eastwest did not sacrifice at five hearts since there was a good chance of defeating the four spade contract however four spade can and should be made declarer has no choice but to win the opening lead there ap pears to be two diamond losers and two heart losers since west has bid hearts in the winner column there are six spades one diamond and one club there is however a good chance of setting up a diamond in which case a heart can be discarded from dummy and a heart ruff would mako 10 tricks at all cost east must be kept off the lead one round of trump takes out the opponents trump a diamond is led to the ace and a low dia mond returned declarer should just cover whichever card east plays west can win with the 10 but ho is end played that is he wont give declarer a trick but ho cannot lead hoarts wests boat play is to taketho diamond king and lead his la club declarer is home free ho ruffs the club and cashes tho thirteenth diamond discarding a heart from dummy now his only remaining loser is one heart if declarer had played tho dia mond queon earlier wost would tako his king and easts jack would be a winner now east could lead a hoart and declarer goes down last weeks winners at tho acton bridge club wore first mr and mrs bob dickson sec ond cam sinclair and bill war- dell tied for third pat joffares and mrs kay campbell with mlko lorusso and duke wilson firefighters hold election firefighters held their annual election monday evening and theres no changs in tho slate for 68 j fire chief is mick holmes deputychief bern van fleet a company captain alf duby b captain wayne kelly c captain doug mason secretary phil mccrlstall and treasurer wllf duval several subsequent volumes the next covering the period 1701- 1740 is scheduled for publication in 1969 about 20 volumes will be needed to bring the dictionary up to the present ira foods iga foods iga foods iga foods iga 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