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the acton free press wednesday june 26 1968 3 happy pair rud and anne whiting aftor last night t liberal victory in helton staff photo damage totals 4150 in twocar collision the churcheigtn comer stw another accident saturday after noon and jack holmes lawn and sedge again shared in the damage which this time tot alled w150 the ear driven by baxter leo nard feener 22 toronto was proceeding south on elgin and he failed to see the stop sign he struck the passing ear driven by acton trucker jack ridley hurling four dosen eggs through the air the ridley car was driven into a tree on elgin leaving deep scars the feaner car ripped up onto the holmes lawn went through his low hedge hit his real estate sign and missed a parked ear the ridley ear damage est imate is 2800 to the whole front end and left side mr ridley suffered cut head and hands and bruised back the eggiwramarfidii i te- yeans iwrtsit io us head and bands hi car re ceived 1800 damage to the front end right side and trunk lid a passenger in the feener ear george noseworihy wes ton suffered severe cuts and sprained right arm he was treated at the medical centre a third passenger was not hurt they had come to acton to visit friends damage tothoholmesproperty was set st 150 cons petor campbell invest igated there have beenfouraccldents at this corner in the past few years although the stop sign is not obstructed motorcycle timet passenger injured m skid at corner a motorcycle tslled to neg otiate the youngqueen curve saturday evening and the driver and passenger were both iniired the 1968 triumph was driven by michael wilson 19 of 138 longtleld road with the bikes owner murray rody 23 of 48 nelson court as passenger they were travelling south on young toe driver unfam iliar with the bike found it was starting to scrape oa the bob statifield visits riding conservative leader bob stan- field charged the liberals talked freely about anything and every thing except the issues and the real problems friday as he paid a brief visit to oakviue support ing pk ucwiulams and jim swanborough local pc candid ates sbukfteld said he wouldnt promise any miracles but said be would work towards a canada that would ha dedicated united stable and practical the tact staamald staged his qakvula visit in the same place la about the only thing the twohad in common stantleld was in and out4f town within 45 ulnuteaand did his business without much of the hoopla that was associated with the trudeau visit one week before and he had only a traction of tnideaus crowd several trudasu signs were evident in the crowd stantuid appeared in a major tally in hamilton friday night sldo as he turned he tried to stsy on the curve to avoid akut plant hit loose gravel and lost control the bike hit and mounted the curve apparently flow 35 feet through the air landed on its side with the two men still on it the hike slid 91 feet scross grant ser vice station lot and skiddad back ward into a light standard 25 feet from the roadway both young men sufferedpave- ment burns as they were dragged along with the hike wilson had abrasions to his left arm back and bruised knee rody had bruised kneo toot cut hand and thigh his bead struck the blade of a plow on the garage lot moving it two feet and inflicting a cut dr buckner came to the scene of the accident and treated the young men at his office toe motorcycle damage to the front forks seat talulght muf fler exhaust pipe and rear tender amounted to 250 fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph ont yelephoaa ttumi wont pay travel for hs students architect donald skinners sket3rf tor m z bennett school addition at a pedal meeting of acton high school board last thursday a motion was passed that the board would not participate in paying the cost of transportation for any student biking tuition outside of the town of acton the question arose when the board learned there are 38 trans ferees coming into grade nine who could be channelled into a two year stream specialising in occupations this course isnot acton kosts k available at aden acton already has students at tending school in georgetown or guelph for courses not available be re the playground was granted use of the high school grounds and washrooms for the summer and permission was granted to use the gym on rainy days and for two special occasions permission was also given to paint a enufftebokrd court on the asphalt the focal countdown go go whiting acton polls may be 1500 in parade of orangemen on july 6 in acton 746 per cent of actons voters went to the 11 polls tuesday to cast 820 votes for liberal whiting 618 for pc mcwil- liams and 389 for ndp kernlgban with 2489 voters eligible 1857 exercised their franchise although there were 200 more eligible voters this year than for the last federal election in 1965 fewer people voted in 1965 1890 voted 82 per cent that year dr harley led in every poll to win with 844 votes kernlghan polled 386 wesson 594 timmlns independent censer- vauve8 spoiled ballots were almost doubled this election 3acompared to 16 in 65 ucwllllsms took three acton polls the rest went to dr harleys successor kernlghan 29 37 36 26 46 23 40 26 28 j 35 389 here are the figures poll no whiting ucwllllams 12al 83 47 12mz 79 44 13 67 78 14 95 73 15 89 59 16 65 77 17 73 63 18 53 58 19 61 22 20 81 45 21 74 52 first returns came to the supporters in the liberal committee room at 8 25 pm rud whiting had been in to discuss the possibil ities twice the last time at 7 30 pm with his wife and friends the room was jammed ss his victory was apparent from the first with returns complete some of the liberals headed down to oakviue election headquarters for the first time ballot boxes were not delivered last night they are being mailed today despite the day long rain the turnout at polls wasnt too bad no great increase in requests for rides was noticed by veteran campaigners peter k ucwiulams toured all the acton polls during the day fr although the free press wasnt officially giving out election bulletins there were about 26 calls from people with memories of our usual municipal election service we were sble to oblige with figures from the liberal headquarters and bulletinsfromtbe radio teh counties have been invited to participate in the huge orange parade in acton on july 6 organisers from he host acton lodge expect there could be 1500 in the parade the last time the event wss held in acton in a summer downpour there were 750 marchers lodge competitions speeches and band music will highlight the program in the park after ward on the committee planning the 12th of july celebration are norm fryer bill carnochan george holmes daniel holmes ken mc donald and ralph barlow summer services joint services of knox and trinity united congregations be gin this sunday june 30 the first months services sre at 10 am at knox the junior deputy grand mas ter of ontario west will be the guest speaker king billy wiu ride maybe more than one of them county marshal w bra earl brown of burlington will come as the fam ed king william mayor duby heads cordc second term mayor lea duby was elected chairman of the central ontario regional development commis sion for his second term at the first meeting of the board of directors at richmond mil last thursday this is the third year of operation for cordc mr duby was vicechairman the first year 820 618 schools out schools out friday field trips tours sports days and class parties kept enthuriasm up the past couple of weeks the girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may be right but sba is more often left churchill ss pins presented sunday bible school planned in july by mrs f llcarthur sacrament of the lords sup per was administered by the pastor rev gordon turner al so three children were baptised at the june 23 sunday service at churchill church they were barbara jane shirley and don ald parker churchill sunday school picnic will be held at gormae lake the home of mr and mrs w j mcdonald on sunday june 30 at 230 oclock with a pot luck pic nic nipper au are welcome mr william butlers many churchill friends will be pleased to learn word has been received that he is gradually improving though he is still in toronto hospital since his accident they expect be soon will be sble to return home to fergus master gregory maltby son of ur and mrs george maltby who was in guelph general hos pital for surgery last week is home now and convalescing which we are pleased to report cross and crown awardswere presented at the churchill ser vice on sunday morning by rev gordon turner and mrs ron saunders receiving pins tor 1st year regular attendance were vera strokov debbie swackham- er jerry buchanan barbara jean parker shirley parker helen cox stephen saunders also earned his pin but was ab sent at this service receiving wreaths for their 2nd year of regular attendance were elisabeth strokov wendy deadnan norman saunders receiving bars for 3rd year regular attendance were joyce denny erica strokov beverley leltch and susan deadman stephen saunders enjoyed a camping outing on the weekend with the first balllnafad cub pack ur ron saunders also attended as assistant leader ballinafad and churehlu chur ches are holding a bible vaca tion school during the week ol july 8 si churehlu au child ren of the area will be welcomed congratulations to mr and mrs frank obrien on the gift of a son born on friday evening june 21 in the guelph general hospital mr and mrs obrien live in the former woodslde school on no 5 crossroad erin township mrs versa stephen attended the decorationservleeatqueens- viue cemetery on sunday june 23 and had dinner at her neph ews home with ur and mrs jim arnold ur and mrs wllberi brown motored to fair port beach and attended the evening wedding on saturday june 22 of their niece uiss sharon coplthoro to ur peter evans both of fair port beach also the receptlonatter- wards at the home of the brides parents visitors with ur and mrs ward hamilton and family on sunday were miss muriel uc- nlehol of weston andurs wendy boucher wendy and deslrie of mono mills ur and mrs alfred graff of powassan are visiting with ur and mrs frank freeman and other relatives ur and mrs bob kerr went to seuna on thursday and at tended a shower for uiss laura bowman prior to her wedding calling on mrs kerrs parents while down there a number from this area at tended an executive meeting at bolton of the agricultural soc iety the purpose of the meet ing wss to plan for the district 5 annual meeting to bo held in aiton in october ijmr and mrs w h thompson spent the weekend at their cot tage at bracebrldge boys wear department open friday til 9 gding 4 business wfre closing out our boys wear department ill mvt hem ust ie sou lefiuhess of cost ins voub catorr yaks up to s motttms to hv 0htm avi i m mil a mh el sleus e u1yinumst church picnic the united church congrega tional picnic was held sunday afternoon al roekwood there were races and contests and a picnic supper quality ba products save you money glolitta motor oik ditril fustl fuel oib i stow oik otl ienw kauc nan 10 vasts fay small caifybm chaffs ftepenslshle savl thompson fuels itd 44 vouno st acyon mtotsi usam heating modern piumsino phon ssovsol warm air and ha wmi pumps and water syatoms rockwood frank carney and sons itd strawberries pick your own starting junk us 30c quart quart picking boxes only rind your own e purthssa at catch phase no chudwn unoet 13 tuesdays a thursdays 8am to 12 6pm to 9 pm fridays 6 pm to 9 pm saturdays a sundays tern to 9 p m brae fa r r 2 nerval sk map tsuw tel 8658670 na siuitiud hornby sui ave mwy 401 no thwv ime huhwill f qumsl