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fire prevention bureau banquet honors students were presented to robert gotsctair of speyside school left and cindy barr of the m z bennett school for an honorable mention for their posters entered in the helton fire prevention bureaus annual poster competition acton fire chief mick holmes made the presentations at the wintry wentker 19 accidents schools with the students teacher on the left roberts peda gogue is robert mcgregor and cindys grade five teacher is ed leatherland principals gary dawkins and elmer smith respectively of the two schools were also present staff photo a banquet honoring two young grade 5 oakviue students was held in milton fire hall last kalhleenhjggtas of woodslde public school and alan cart- wright ofsunnlngdale school were the guests of honor as 1967 win ners of first prices in the halton county fire prevention bureaus annual are prevention poster competition they both received a personal desk pen set and a certificate of merit and the hal- n mutual eire insurance com pany trophies their schools win retain for one year their parents teachers and principals were among over 60 guests who attended the dinner honoring kathleen and alan others included william 0sul- livan and george alexander re presenting the ontario fire mar shalls office james arnott executive director of the can adian association of fire chiefs milton fire chief ae clement president of the ontario assoc iation of fire chiefs nassaga- weya township reeve william drivers failing to adjust speed little enthusiasm for health merger oaring the week of nov 25 to deo 2 inclusive personnel of mfeon detachment ontario pro vincial police worked a total of 824 hours and patrolled 6406 miles on area highways as a result of patrol 29 char- gas were preferred 35 traffic violation warnings were issued and 39 vehicles were safety checked there were 67 con victions registered in magist rates court there were 15 property dam age accidents and four personal injury accidents resulting in four persons being injured property damage totalled 10615 most accidents resulted when the dri vers tailed to adjust their speed according to road and weather conditions there were seven charges laid as a result of these accidents there were 40 general occur rences during this period includ ing 12 theft complaints varying from two automobiles to silver dollars one person arrested for obtaining goods by false preten ces several complaints of cattle being at large on the highways a number of vehicles were left abandoned and were towed to the nearest service station at the owners expense two disturb ances investigated one trespass ing complaint one malicious damage complaint one counter feit 20 bill passed at mohawk raceway and one minor charged for purchasing liquor all other occurrences were of a minor nature sgt cj parkin son reports farm page f llalton milk production above canadian average by henry j stanley the purebred dairy cows in halton excel the canadian aver age in milk production for all breeds the 78 herds of hoi- steins enrolled on record of per formance with an average num ber of 26 records had an aver age bca at 120 for milk and 123 for tat this is five bca points above the canadian average for milk and up six for fat oar 16 herds at jerseys aver aging 38 records had bcas of 124 and 119 this is 12 and 10 above the canadian average the even guernsey herds averaged 35 records and had bcas at 120 and 105 which are five and three points above although we have only two ayr shire herds on rop these herds with an average of 60 records were 35 and 29 points above the canadian average with bcas of 150 and 142 because of these records dairy farmers throughout halton are able to sell their cows and heifers to good advantage to countries throughout the world the production has continued to increase each year with better breeding and management consideration on the amalg amation of the halton and peel boards of health drew little en thusiasm from members of hal ton county council recently when they received a report on discussions halton board chairman a ledwith told members costs would increase sigmficanuy if amalgamation did not take place since the province was altering the grant structure to encourage amalgamation he observed that all ontario health units seemed perplexed with the proposal and only one or two would meet the amalgamation deadline of jan 1 1968 reeve h hinlon acton urged the county to be very cautious he suggested halton consider forming a region by itself with out merging with peel because of the current rate of growth we have good grounds to make halton a region it will be too big with peel and halton in one region he argued warden coulter pointed out the province has suggested the size of an economic unit would have a population of 100000 to 150000 halton is weu over that with the population in crease it would be quite a just ifiable unit the warden also wonderedwhy the county was being pressed for a decision on this when no other services were to be established in this direction i suggest the umehquse wl shnrt course in memnrinl hntt by mrs a benton the second class of the course baking with yeast was held in the hall on wednesday tfternoon fancy buns of various kinds were demonstrated and tasted with a cap of tea mr and mrs wilfred green- lees of campbeuvlue visited the bentons on sunday we regret to report that danny turner broke an arm at play at school a week ago and carol turner of another family last week we hope that each makea a good recovery twenty ladies attended the wjl short course in baking with yeast in umehouse memorial hall on wednesday afternoon of last week mrs neil anderson and mrs frank brown were de monstrators the second meet ing was held wed afternoon of this week miss marie karn of london visited with her relatives here last weekend mrs james flndlay has gone from hospital to halton centen nial manor we hope she maybe happy there mussed in centennial apparel are the winners of the cos tume contest at the junior farmer centennial ball held at the milton fair grounds friday winnifred dunbar on the left is from guelph and was the runner up tn the contest mrs elmer smith right from acton was the winner staff photo 4h honored by kiwanians by geoff taylor sixteen halton 4h club mem bers attended the annual noon luncheon of the klwanis club of the kingsway toronto on mon day december 4 this award is given each year in recognition of top standing in 4h agricul tural and homemaking clubs in halton county members are allowed to win this award only once this years 4h agricultural club winners were cathy las- by mary mcgee ken mcnabb sandy bennett mary anderson david austin laura tryssenaar norman anderson billy stokes rosemary booth norman mill er and murray mccaig and from the homemaking clubs stella cgorman and betty anne brown the kiwanians also invited bill lasby of rockwood tins years winner of the queens guineas class at the royal wint er fair the two top awards available to 4h members are the je whitelock trophy and the claude bain trophy the winners of these trophies elizabeth norrlngton and dennis mcclure also attended ips a good idea to be the first one to switch on your low beam headlights when it starts to get dusk or the weather is bad it doewt cost anything and it could save your life sure when the daylight is in that inbetween statp your headlights dont help you to see but it does help the other fellow to see you sincere thanks to esquesing ratepayers i for your confidence in electing us to council for the 1968 term i w r bob lawson c f pat patterson wilfrid leslie amalgamation is premature he concluded reeve a ledwith acknowled ged these points had all been made to government represent atives and they had not given any visible encouragement to this course he noted scarboro with a population of 400000 was being pressed to amalgamate with tor onto deputyreeve rogers burling ton observed the province could only suggest it would be more economical because they would pay a bigger grant the board of health is to re port further on discussion with peel at a later meeting coulter warden of halton county fire chief joseph mluer and district chief les sherratt representing toronto township fire department which judged the winning posters oakviue fire chief douglas wilson co-ordln- ator of halton mutual aid sg childs mayor of milton and norman cantelon and robert shoruu representing halton mu tual fire insurance company the guest speaker was edgar w foster supervising principal of milton public schools chair man of the banquet was william hyde of georgetown fire depart ment 1967 chairman of the fire prevention bureau several of the guests spoke briefly praising the children for their excellent fire prevention posters and the parents and school officials for the encour agement and interest shown in the competition mr foster the guest speaker based his talk an the topic threeandpointedout how our entire lives revolve around important groups of threes following the dinner served by the milton fire department ladles auxiliary in the banquet room of the fire hall warden coulter and mr alexander of the fmq distributed the stu dents awards centennial bntt by geoff taylor past and present junior farm ers and friends danced to the music of mcdougalls orchestra from alton at the halton junior farmer centennial ball held in the agricultural hall friday december 1 i prizes were awarded for first and second place in the centen nial costume competition and refreshments were enjoyed later in the evening fire chief m holmes of ac ton accepted two honorable mention certificates and silver dollars for students in his area cindy barr of mz bennett school acton and robert bols- dalr of speyside school in esq- uesing while deputy chief george bundy of milton accepted similar awards on behalf of christopher schouten and jonl parton of holy rosary and jm denyes schools in milton this years contest was the 11th annual competition the bureau has sponsored the theme for the posters entered by hundreds of grade 5 students across the county was fire prevention in the home both winners posters win also he entered in an allontario competition later this year the provincial contest is sponsored by the ontario association of fire chiefs and is patterned after the one in halton 640 loot tv tower approved for cfrb approval by the ontario mun icipal board of a request to re- zone 27 acres of land near tha eastern county boundary win give cfrb radio the goahead on a television transmission tower with an accompanying building the 640 ft tower which in cludes a 100 ft antenna at the top will have a one storey brick building at its base formerly agricultural land the area which is almost seven miles from tbeproposedoakvie ward one airport was re zoned to private open space after a tad from the radio station to build two miles closer to the port site was turned down objections from two neigh boring residents who were wor ried about interference in their radio and television reception were passed over but the com pany will have to correct any interference that should develop the site is on the ninth una north of highway 401 the acton free press wednesday december 6 1967 jjp esquesing ratepayers sincere thanks for your confidence in electing me your reeve for the coming term hoping everyone enjoys the holiday season with best wishes for a happy new year george currie supermarket 9 mill st acton 8530075 town club no 1 2lb wco wieners 8 5 red brand beet calgary oven roast winnipeg pot or oven roast 69 c lb grade a large eggs 47 dz chuck steaks lean ground chuck 75lp gold standard 7ox tins save 16c fancy red sockeye salmon 49 aylmer 9oz jars save 45c asstd jams 51 prices effective dec 6789 hbnz 11 ox bottle save lie catsup 243c clarks loox tins save 31c tomato or vegetable soups 91 kadana lib- tin save 30c reg grind coffee 69 nestles shaker pak save 47c quick shake 47c aylmer 28oz tins save 16c 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