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st albany anoucan church in the glen it surrounded by water at the credit river started to overflow ill bankt monday night the ice am below kept the river from its bed and it started to flood houses situated along park owner wins by nose in free press toverage a couple o wtks ago a film crow choi rosklaku recreation park in esquoslng township as the location for part of a movie on the status of women in canada the free press and georgetown herald photo graphers went over to photo graph the photographers photo graphing the lank park owner joe ross subsequently recalled platos dictum humour is a gift of the gods and added another amusing item in his diary ueant for laughs it reads uke this uarch 9 weather is sunny and exceptlonall warm taking snow and ice away and living premature illusions of an early spring two local weekly pipers have run a news story of a documentary film concerning the recreational status of women across canada the centre of interest pertaining to the pleasures of saddle horse riding is an acton lady who portrays this in the film she has been a pupil here at hosalake and also rides our horses when her time permits it was perhaps flattering to our horses to have been chosen for the seajunoe however i view the reporter coverage of tli event here u being rather anonymous insofar as camera crew the horse which performed admirably etc as owner and director of the rosslike complex i view with alarm the status of the big wheel 1 might ask has anyone seen one around yes inthefreepressplcturo by a nose possibly bv mistake i am eclipsed in it even by the pony the illustrious captain of the poaderossa student of liter ature and philosophy author of the book aly struggles with women and work destined to become a best seller struggles that make errol flynn look like a sunday school teacher former judge of oratory for the georgetown high school as sisted by two world renowned intellectuals regarding contest for students honourary ufe member of the order of suff rages male u would seem i am destined to remain obscure never hiving risen in service of the public higher than secretarytreasurer of the umehouse beef ring now defunct not long ago a young man came in for a horse ride in absence of the staff t saddled his mount who do i pay for the ride he asked i said you can pay me if you uke youre just the hired man ann1 you be as it may i am recognized in the acton free pross im in by 1 nose however in tht lord thomp son horald coverage i am non existent i must suppress a dis play of righteous indignation refurnishing council chambers subject hot debate property chairman charlie perry advocates remodelling the council chambers in the town hall a plan he has spent much time on since the proposal wss first mooted several months ago however an attempt to have a resolution authorising refurb ishing the chambers si a cost of 2900 was scuttled at the last regular meeting of council when the mayor cast the deddlng vote to break a deadlock the pro posal will go back to the budget committee tor further study mr perry told council the mayor reeve mr mckenzle and ho went to brampton to look si asjnfllee furniture selection nd reminded councillor s30 hail been set aside for remodelling the eouncjl chambers why not pass a resolution now we should spend it 1 the council chambers wlllbe in ad- on said coundllor bob drink- waiter but r feel in the neat three years there wont be a council in acton legislation will bring in some type of re gional government or county set up then wed be foolish td do this besides the resolution isnh in order the banks spectators on iho new bridge still under construction watch uneasily as the water rises the am moved tuesday noon and resl dents hope flood danger is over staff photo northern corps here young northern corps teach ers from the schools at gogama sultan oba island falls bear island franz and a couple from whltetlsh falls spent tuesday together at the home of mr and ifrs a r long and family r r 4 acton they took back donations of books games toys records and subscriptions from adon people following a recent appeal in the free press and at the united church dr david van der bent showod them his slides of lima peru in the evening a screen willjje purchased for the sultan school the rest of the 8950 acton donations will be used where needed most as determined through conver sations tuesday a bus trip saturday to see youre a good uan charllo brown raised more money for the fund mrs long and her senior sun day school became interested in the 16 or so teachers sent by the department of education to isol ated schools in ontarios north mrs lod2 wrote to them and many had specific requests for equipment and books the teachers are presently south for thdlr springholidayand enjoyed comparing notes at longs hospitable home the weekend rains melted a lot of the snow which fell last week most of the vacant new homes in lakevlew subdivision have sprouted sold signs lest it betray my cultural back ground which is also somewhat anonymous it is time 1 sent out the distress signal come inl can you hear me loud and clear im dis appearing all but my nose captain j ross codawlsos ponderossa to the ratepayers of esquesng township the asses enr not ce which you will be receiving s your f rst not ce i nder a re assessment program which w ii br ng about equal red assessment values this will be based on appro matoly i of present day market values n the county of halton if you are dissatisfied for any reason you have the same right to appeal as vou had i nder he previous system before ou ike such an appeal would you please cll on the assessors for an explanation they w ii be at the office during the month of septen her for the purpose of explaining their assessment to anyor e who w shes t if the office hours ere not su table please phone 877 6712 for an evening or saturday morn ng appo ntment th s w ii n no way interfere with your right to appeal i em yours truly a w enton asseiiment commltiloner township of eiqoeilng councillor perry said the price was a bargain not likely to be seen ngain tunkett plunkett broke in the mayor clearly exasperated theres every indication of a twotier government with some type of local administration i cant for the life of me see the town without some sort of local government authority wouldnt it bo completely moved from acton aakedcoun- dllor earl masales it could be but we cant prog nosticate mused the deputy l record opp reports seven i motor vehicle accidents march jo to 1g 106b must uurely bo a record sotting weekr f8r the j own of adon however the records we refer to are far from being something to lw proud ot e have searched our re cords back to and including idns and never in that time perlddaod never in the recollection of any of the officers of the adon op v detachment have we exper ienced a week wherosovon motor vehicle accidents occurrod in a town of loss than 5000 people this is indeed a horrend ous statistic you say there was a heavy unexpected snow fall this weok and surely this contributed to tho accidents well we say those accidents be gan to occur two days alter the snowafter tho snow was ro- moved from tho highways what thon caused those col lisions why did thoy occur could it have been carelessness could it have been inattentlvo- ness or faulty oqulpmunt or a faulty drlvor attitude is ii time to tako stock of our driving abil ity is it time to assess our driving attitude and to chock tho condition of our automobile or perhaps it would be enough to realize that our ills hangs in the balance what say you mr motcrlslv although our accident rate was extremely high the othor activ ities reuniting police action in the town were few only seven corablalnis were noted on the blotter the most serious being a domestic complaint in all one traffic charge was laid two juveniles were charged with urjuor offences and 14 persons wore issued driver warnings magistrates court at milton ontario loo saw a decline of acton activity on march 11 four persons appeared to answer charges under the traffic and liquor acts ah four were con- vlctod and paid fines and costs tdalung 12500 and so go tho statistics of yot andhor wook of policing in ad on so go tho numbers that re present z40 hours worked by the sin man force the mimbersare low this week will they bo as low next wook or lower tho people of the town hold tho koy and wouldnt it bo nice if society could eliminate the necessity of a pollco force reeve neither can anyone else coundllbr g pat mckenzle threw his hat on the sloe of the yeas with a arm i support the renovations statement the chairs wont be thrown in the garbage be reasoned they would be used in some other phase of the towns operations reeve bert lllnton was unim pressed weve no business considering renovating the coun cil chambers he suggested when were doing a major job in the town offices its not the year to consider whether we have adequate tables and chairs and if wont be in the budget unless we put it in its not uke you say at all dlagreedmr mckenzle- the nurnlshiogs are rnovaoto theres ad alternative hut to support a modest few furnishings for be council chamber mayor duby remonstrated it takes away from twdlgnjty of council to sit at four squeaky tables with masonlte tops which were out of date 10 years ago in the past there have been errors of judg ment but something has to be done were not talking renova tions but refurnishing councillor perry referred back to mr drlnkwalters alle gation that the rosolutlon wasnt in order what do you mean he asked its a budgetable item was the answer its improper because it should bo buugetable the reeve hacked up mr dilnkwalter thon mr reeve retorted mr perry why did you say bring it to the budget committee the deputyreeve threw some oil on the waters lets re view what would happen he outllnod steps the budget com mittee would have to consider passing the resolution will force our band to work it in the budget if council passes the motion tonight you could buy it tomor row and this has to be put on the budget the reeve said its unethical because i think its wrong funny thing observed mr mckenzle the other night you said tt could be drought to coun cil its dulls obvious the budget committee is going to come back and aak to keep the item out councillor bjll william pre- dieted j discission concluded wltii mr perrys remark that it seemed ridiculous for such a small amount bt money tb create such an argument when there isnt env for other fields of endeavor theft hit and run reported to polite police reported thay are looking for an otectrlc motor taken olf an auger loader on- the cnk lot opposite the force electric plant this week dave lindsay reported the 250 mdor missing from his loader und to load freight cars police are investigating police are also looking for a 195b white and beige vehicle involved in a hitandrun accident march 18 they report damage to the right front fender of the car three weeks till easter measles mumps and flu are accounting for a lot of sickness tho acton free pross wednesday march 20 1968 parade of values at i fresh picnic styie 56 lb average fresh picnic styie 56 lb average ejjk v pork shoulder 37 tender and juicy for roasting pork butt 47 well trimmed pork butt chops 57 ib gem colored parchment paelt save 16c margarine 539 9 save 17e upton chicken noodle tomato vegetable soups 499 3 9 suntpun canadian cheese slices 8oz pkgs freezer filler special branded beef chucks contains roasts ground meat stews 54 lb 4o70 ib avwraga save 1 2c deep browned 28oz tins libbvs beans 399 gerbers assf d strained 4x jars baby food 899c red circle sockeye vi tins salmon 299c eh 5lb bag granulated sugar with the pukkju of 4 4060100 wam general kuttrlc lamp bulbs at rag me open every monday for your convenience check our 4page handbill choice quality 28ox tins tomatoes 499c green giant corn 12ox tins save lie niblets 4 87c aloha pure 48oz tins pineapple juice 3 99 york bread v butter 16x jar pickles 499c aylmer 24oz jar pure orange or three fruit marmalade 3 5 florida full ripe large size oranges 49