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it ttim sftt fjtiess ninetythird year no 39 acton ontario wednesday march 27 1968 th- tarin slxtnen paget ten cenli novices win championship night acton novices won the o m h a novirr iv nihlinrn rone champlonhip irtst niqht in cnlerlnnm rlelefltmo thr caledonia tasm 1 m the 7onr final the vetory mpn the acton fluh ha won rivorythinrt in light here they are after landing at finalittf in the brampton tourney saturday front row left to rlflht kent kentner steve rrunelle lohn mrcutrhenn pu van fleet john srnyne rphinrl vary harden john ashley jop kentner jeff town ley robin inroe rirty hnlmo gerald rarden ron chamber in hack are grant chamber avemant manarjer ranch kerry insroe and manarjer don van heet staff phnlo malicious damage at jb mackenzie malicious damage at slacken- las lumber yard march 23 and 24 was reported to acton opp detachment it was concluded holidaying children ware to blame for entering lumbar sheds ripping open bags of insulation and throwing around tha contents kicking over and scattering plies of lumber pull ice making switch in arena sat april 6 school carnival is cancelled anna manager harold towns- ley reported a meeting vlth representatives from acton and district schools monday had re suited n cancellation of the school ice carnival this year the late date and lack of enthusiasm contributed to can cellation of the event which mi townsley says is not to lie con tused with the figure skating carnival to tie hild this year saturday april 6 it is hoped the school carnival can be revived noil year at an earlier date cars damaged two accidents damages totalled 20 when h h hlnton backing from the bank of montreal parking lot mas in collision with a car owned by bill benson march 22 another twocar accident was reported march 3 when a car driven by albert vuetstra backing out of a drive on main st north was in collision with a car driven by carl timbers the vuetstra car received 100 damage to the right front fendor and the timbers car 75 last event in the community centre hafere arena manager harold townsley pulls the switch on the ice making machlnory will lie the annual figure skating car nival april 6 tho next day will likely he a public skating session doslgnod to assist tho leu leaving the floor in his report to the recreation and parks committee at their regular mooting thursday the arena manager also told mem bers that tho dystem of charging spectators forsunday skating was working wonderful an aver age of 220 to 250 skaters turned out each sunday for the session and behaved thomselvos mr townsley said painting tho inside of tho community centre would start as soon as tho ice was out but he askod the committee to pick out suitable colors both mr townsloy and his assistant don price will attond a refrlgoratlon course at the unlvorslty of guelph in may at the committees expense chairman john goy said he read an alarming report in the free press about cancelling tho school lco carnival and asked the arena manager what happened to plans for the annual evont tho schools arent too interested was the reply the music festival and a couple of other things are interfering and i got the impression tho teachers didnt want one tlds year mr townsley said tho future of this years event would hinge on a meeting monday members reviewed the pro jected revenuo expected from the carnival and to a question from tho chairman mr townsley said ice rentals have boon very good revenue from skating has already surpassed that of last year he explained with still a couplo of weeks to go mr goy emphasized that the opening and closing periods were critical times for successful financial operation of tho arena railway signal wires cut two days in succession eastern ave railway crossing signal lights were out of oper ation twice last week and school children with i me on their hands were blamed wires near the dump were cut on march 20 making the warning signals inoperable repairs wore quickly made but tho wires were cut again the next day emer gency repair work ws repeated and there was no further tampering with the wires children had been seonplaylng in the area investigating opp constables wer- told the trouble with the fellow who talks too fast is that he is likely to say something he hasnt even thought of yet summer playground director don price attended the meeting to explain the program he had lined up for the committee everything is going well oxcopt for uncling swimming instruct ors desplto trips out of town and scrutiny in the district mr price has been unable to get instructors ho blamed it on the lack of qualified instructors and new regulations regarding swim ming pools even if you swim in a tea cup the instructor has to have a bronte medal and a life saving certificate he exclaimed he agreod to keep on trying to locate someone summer playground leaders have all been contacted and agreed to terms the supervisor said senior leaders are jo- marie marchment kathy krul eclle hopkins brenda aherno and paul coopor theyll receive 35 a week while miss march- ments and paul coopers ex perience merits them 40 junior loaders signod to 15 a wook for tho six week period are brltta larsen ellen wls- senz mark hurst keith small- wood and mary freulor theyll attend a training camp at bolton for a one week period the chairman was assured by mr price that at this stage any way there was no hindrance from using the wading pool for swim ming john goy presided at the meeting with new member herb dodds art cooper vicechair man brendan aherne and council representative earl masales also in attendance acton teenager killed in highway 25 accident a tragic arrlow which culrnad the ufa af a 17 yaar aid acton youth ahackad thl uatrlc saturday ahjfct irian rahart carrier rr 3 acton wu walk hvj wkh a frkmd laenard varay u af aetna alaasj na is highway rata tanas aatrth af raw la a aaesattaag i whan ha was struck by a car maria ttafaan bralt dawn anal thay war an ww way to eaali aai at a walatawa it was awaw h raawlnaj vlilhwuy naor whan tha mcriabb car cama aloraj about 730 bja vahlda a 7 tani wa 300 a hwn acton hash acfcaal lnjml man hi tha ten af mr and mrs oarau carrlara km j acton north rlalran opp caaatahla tarrybarry call ad acton caranor dr rah ftudowr to tha acaaa theyve gnu about as jar as hoy can itof actoq novices rook all hio ouha novice j honors they can gather by defeating caledonia 21 last night in the second garno qf the he it of three southern cnontles rone finals playing a lufonsivv brawl of hockey which frustrated a caledon- u learn bent on evening tho series up coach harry liiscnui charg ed tame from behind a 10 deficit to c0 the series a targe contingent of cheering hooting acton fans who followed the team to caledonia whooped it tip aftuy the final twor announnid their team had won the championship for barry inscow who has brought the team along ovur iho past few seasons the victory was the culmination of months of work but last night he was the happiest coach in tho country hu took to the ice and holslod tho goalkoopor who nanisms to lie his son robin up in the air as the happy acton playurs throw overy loose thing gloves sticks and helmets all over thc in victory salute union votes yes to strike plant local 23fl50ofthosawworkors union voted 7112 in favor of a strike at tho ii k porter disston plant in acton if no contract agreement is slimed with tho company steve wnloshyn proslilenl of tho aclon local said the union is now waltinp for a report from tho minister of 1abor lieforo establishing a strike deadline the company and the union havo boon negotiating for some time six general meetings have lieon unable lo produce a settlement there has also iwen a mooting with tho conciliation off irnr which resulted in a recommendation that a vole ihi taken by the mem- lurshlp of the union regarding strike action a vote taken march 14 resulted in a 1112 nurpln in favor of a strlko wanes is the main point of contention r watt good game to win after chalking lip a jacltdve t vjotory in the- first gaulo of the final series bore sunday thaacton club had to lie steady to win taut night daniels screunoil shot the only one fo heat robin inicoa all night put caledonia ahead at the thru mnut mark of the oral perlcxt they held on lathe slim margin until 010 of the second stanza when huns van fleet put kent kentnara rabound in tha hat to tin the score guram uodenlhe hustling edanmiiu dobnaeman and forward scored the winning goal at the 380 mark of the third period assist ed by centre jeff townsley acton fans raised the roofl the acton club held on to the scant margin until the final ball bet not luforo giving fans nervous prostration kent kentnar got a penalty in the last couple of minutes and caledonia yanked their goallender with a minute left to play then threw another forward on the ice outnumbered d4 the acton club held the caledonia taarn off until hie final lull with all its attendant hubbub fans counted tha seconds off although tho coach was reluctant to shower too much praise on his own son fans said llobln inscoe in goal was almost fantaatlc we played a good clean checking game said coach inacoa after the game caledonia had more of the play than we did but our ikifense stood up sunday horv the acton kids ran up a 81 victory in a wideopen game which saw them sharper around the nut gerald harden paced the win with two goals ituss van fleet kent kentner jeff towns- ley and johnny scoyna each notched one there were large crowds at both games approximately 400 watching the acton team win tho championship tuesday night big orange parade tttemendous incbease in tbaefic acton esquesing ask county take over affected roads tho tremendous increaso in traffic caused by the operation of industrial minerals ltd act on llmestono quarries haspre- clpltatod oln action by acton and esquoslng councils on roads the two municipalities will request that tho county of halton take over the arteries most af fected by the abnormal traffic and operate them as county roads j m tomllnson and associates who are presently making a lioail needs study in esquesing made the recommend ations the joint appeal to the county is as follows 1 continue the county road on no 22 sldoroad from the 5th line west to the 4th line north on the 4th line to the given itoad west on the given road to tho 3rd line north on tho 3rd line and churchill road in acton to no 1 highway 2 continue no 22 slderoad from no 22 highway oast to the 3rd line and north on the 3rd line to tho given road hu who does good for goods sake souks neither praise nor reward but he is sure of both in the end a big orange iiaradu which should be at least twice the size of the one in acton for 12th of july celebrations four years ago was protected for members of the parks and recreation com mittee at their mooting last week norm fryer gary mcfadden hill carnochan and ralph bar low of acton lol said eels bratlons in acton would take placo on saturday july 6 at tho last celebration here which pourod rain there were lodges from four counties there could lie marching lodges from 10 countlos this time spokesman norm fryer told tho mooting the delegation attended the meeting to book tho park and tho community centre for the big day which they expected would ocllpse any orange celebration over hold here lieforo the community cortre would just be used for registration except in the case of rain a possibility said mr fryor with a smile which shouldnt be overlooked a prlco of 50 for use of tha park and the foyer of the arena was agreed upon with an additional 10 tacked on if the public address system was used concessions wouldbe the respon sibility of the sponsors a dance to close out tha day was also suggested by mr fryer with the shaynes providing the music his committee dld not have time to stage the danc but he thought tha parks and re creation commltteecould do well financially if tha aponaored it aran managar haroidtown- slay was instructed to look into the possibility whhshaynas man ager mr melntyre diamond anniversary thtp aaamia toma ww i la ft ml and mrs david russeu celebrated their 60lh wedding inreversorv sunday the home of their ion and daughter on main st both still active thev have soent moit of their lfe on the fam lv arr- m the fifth line erin township story is inside staff photo office staff back in roomy y on monday tha town offlf staff and equipment had atlon return whan thay niovad from the council chambers back to the renovated town ofjfeef in the ymcabulldingrta bright new expanded quarters include the former library area main entrance la tha former centre door of tha v to tha left are private offlcae for clerk administrator jack mcgeaehle and office manager jo hurst to the right la tha ottos of assessor bill eraldna and there is a separate machine room the roomy general office has another room beyond it for spec- lallud office work and in bar auditors were established right after the move washrooms are in the basement office staff included mrs loma clark mrs lorna mar shall and mrs joan harrison zorf construction was gen eral contractor tor the renova tion program with local sub contractors new djaka sad furniture have been added to tha existing equipment only s tow datalls remain ta be completed including the in stallation of baating grlliaa a briefs acton rotary club is send ing a rink to play in the mlttca rotary boasplel tonight wdoaa- day dost ut april fools day take you by surprise next mon day mowing its hard to believe tha lib rary used to b so small it could be accommodated aaatly in tha left hud aid of th aaw town offices council eommlitms ar so uvold ta apadsl budget matt ings thay arent holdtug th reg ular m till a