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ht jvttiaw mft brtss ninety fourth year no 10 acton ontario wednesday september 4 1968 sixteen page ten cents karl okbhardt superintendent for mcnally construction lines up the transit as the first shovelfuls of earth are removed for the m 2 bennett public school addition tuesday morning mr gebhardt said if he got two weeks of good weather the construction com pany would have footings in and the long awaited addition could get underway mean while classes at the school are staggored staff photo charge residents throw dead fowl in twp dump some residents of lsqucsmg township are using the township dump on the fourth line for the disposal of dead fowl and animals declared councillor pat patterson at he regular meeting of the township council tuesday a lellow called me to say there were 400 dead turkeys a deer and doens of chickens lying in the dump said mr patterson deputyreeve tom hill nodded i took it on myself to phone the health unit about it and was told it was against regulations to leave dead animals on the ground he informed council people should bury their own animals or give the township notice so they could bury them where did the deer come from asked councillor patterson it was his understanding deer killed hy vehicles went to the county road superintendent dud snow snorted and referred to his st john ambulance staff officer for south ern ontario mr poller chats with les duby and plant supervisor of beardmore and com pany r l evelan after a dinner given by the company to honor employees who com pleled a first aid course mr evelan was among those receiving certificates thursday night staff photo record number from beardmore complete st john course alton s si john ambulance brigade awaided j i beginner certiticates 1 ol them to employees ot beardmore and company at a dinner given by the plan in their honor last thursday night one ol the first to receive his certificate was plant supervisor r l i velan we in management are very much interested in safety stud mr lvclun and it not all humanitarian it is good busineu the tirst hung we can do is to take a tint aid course to help us overcome that feeling of panic and give us one of confidence we learned us much what not to do as what to do our presence ot mind may be all that u needed to avoid a tragedy on the suggestion ol personnel oiticer les duby a record number of employees took the sevenweek course mrs joyce carpenter and lmdi gordon joined with the group and will be continuing with a 10week st john home musing course this september guest speaker for the evening was mr potter st john staff tut oniv kson to speak english during the entire clot ing program at the ukrainian camp brought greetings from the town of acton more pic lures inside staff photo officer for southern ontario he stresses thai safety is everybody s business and any safely program should be a continuing one in order to return our efficiency we must continue to practice he said mr poller pledged his services to the company il they wished to set up practice sessions in the form of contests among different teams tins could be expanded to contests with teams from other plants theo papillon firs aid nun at the plant for many years was on hand to receive his seventh label with the brigade the new holders ot the st john cetilicutcs aie tinier andrews ken brooks ross budget ernest coker phil orysdale bert fowler peter holmes jerry luiuush george lee phdip lesueur chester lewundowski george lockery aured roach henrv k upper arthur saunders miller sou john tumbuli kors vryenhoeic harry walker milium nelles ray fcvelan c bishop will stand for new school board recent experience with an unhuned deer the day i look the deer over to the dump to bury it there were rabbits there too he declared ive seen chickens there several times loo council agreed to a suggestion from assessor an benton that all the turkey and chicken growers be contacted by letter asking them to give notice when they intended to dispose of dead fowl in lie dump despite many changes in th public schools this week the principals had no serious problems lo report lo i lie public school board al their meeting tuesday in the robert little school construction on boih the m7 bennett tenlor wing and the robert little library addition began the first day of school w bennett school enrolment has increased from im lasl june to440 robert little is down from 601 losbs due to the boundary changes ci air man cyril bishop announced his intention of being a candidate for election lo he new county school hoard this is the first public announcement of a candidate c o in m e n i i n g on clerk administrator jack mcgeaclues resignation last week he slated the hoard has appreciated mr mcgeaclues help with the additions we can ill afford to lose him he said hie last year was interesting and progressive specially mentioning the introduction of oral trench and remedial reading and the two new additions ho felt it unfortunate each school hoard will not have a representative on the new county board local representative murray smith assured him the north will be well taken care of mr mckenzie pomled oul burlington with nine representatives on the 20seal board has 45 per cent of the enrolment while acton has 1 2 per cent unda parki r linda porker graduates with rh linda parker daughter of mr and mrs robert parker acton graduated from torontos hospital for sick children wednesday september 4 miss parker took her first year at western university before entering sick childrens she will be reluming ihis fall to complete her final year for her bachelor of nursing degree she attended acton district high school for two years and took the final three at havergal in toronto miss parker is planning a career in either public health or nursing administration her parents attended the graduation ceremonies at convocation hall on the university of toronto campus plan sidewalk bargains next week acton and district shoppers will be able to browse along the business section and choose from displays outside the stoics acton merchants are sponsoring a big sidewalk sales weekend and theyre offering plenty of bargains for shoppen several businessmen have banded together to ensure the project is a success others are expected to follow suit merchants interested in beuig included ui the project are asked to contact the free press by friday on the firs day of sclntol a tyler bin unspoiled 10 public school transferees lo the new general brock academic and vocational sehool in burlington for u two year course ihere ted tyler si attended the meeting lo suggest students from canmhellvillc and milton might also he included in ihe hue load chultmin cyril bishop cniriiriciittal hie public school hoard was concerned wild the apathy shown regarding these students we have special classes here lor those who require h in public tchnol hut they are misfits in high school i leel when the county hoard gets orguned they could consider hie need of a vocational school in north hallon i squesing mid n isvagaweya students arc presently travelling with the aclon group both schools advertised for applications for kindergarten enrolment of children with january and i ehruary birthdays since hie m 7 dennett school received six applications and the robert i il lie school seven hie younger pupils can he accommodated mr smith said his smaller rooms are now full with 22 kindergarten primary pupils per class mr mckenic with larger rooms has oh pupils in three rooms and cun accommodate more when new families move into the new homes under construction tour teachers arc taking a special librarians course during tins school year in hamilton when mr mckenie presented his list of teachers he pointed out about so per cent live out of town in guelph rockwood milton georgetown or mississougj we do need apartment buildings he exclaimed its possible a new heating system will have to be installed lo standardize the old wing with the new wing and to correct recurring problems this is a major job which would disrupt the whole building and would have to be done next summer area superintendent mcneill suggested the board consider getting tentative department approval preparatory for work next summer the ontario housing corporation wrote requesting land beside the library for the building of 12 senior citizens units secretary middleton replied by letter that the remaining acreage at the school was essential for playground adding the board didnt hunk the senior citizens would enjoy the capers of the 600 children who belong there four families wrote a joint continued on pagt 3 virtually unscathed afler failing to make the turn at queon and yonge sis in donso fog and rain early monday morning this truck three charged following theft at duncans store two waterloo youths and u waterloo juvenile have been charged following theft of 117 17 from duncans variety store saturday night at 25 p m clerk mrs angell was helping one of them with a purchase when another of the young men took the money from the till the three sped away in u late model car fouryearold struck by car touryearold vicky lout let 10 willow st n was struck by a car when she darted out onto mill st from between two parked cars monday corp ray mason took the child to dr vander bent and she was later taken to hospital for a check she suffered a small laceration on the side of her head driver of the car was johannes jensen squesing township two tat 0lmsi0m cars driven by margaret kent of r r 1 georgetown and clayton rayburn of sixth line oakville received a total of 500 damage in a collision on highway 7 thursday morning the accident happened half a mile north of 22 sideroad milton o p p investigated cons roy wood investigated and informed milton and georgetown opp the information was also sent over telex to other forces about half an hour later information was received that three youths had robbed the b p service station in norval and the license number was obtained there at oclock the next morning the car with three occupants was located by police at orungeville two of tiiese were believed involved in the thefts and the third was later located at waterloo of the total nights take of about j 1 50 50 was left trailer combination parked neatly on charles hansen s lawn only a large bush was disturb ed staff photo defective hoot sends girls homo cons nick larloii stopped a tar at 4 20 a in early this morning wednesday lo check a defective light he became suspicious andafter radioing for a check on the license number discovered the car was stolen the two girls in hie car were arretted for hie toronto police department seek deputy clerktreasurer the town of acton is advertising hill week for a deputy clerk treasurer clerkadminiitrulor jack mcgeachie who has resigned placed the ad for the person who will partially fill his shoes ut the town office any more hate literature sent to area home a fat packet of blatant anti jewish hate literature has received in hie mad by mr and mrs norman turner r r 3 aclon the envelope postmarked brantford contained copies of articles from united states publications and a bumper slicker which advises umle germany the turners wanl to return jkffmv salt and allen benneh are im pressed with the variety of things to do al the m z bennett kindergarten mr i mcgil livray soon had the new student buty with a multitude of talks which overcame firtt day shyness stiff photo the hate literature to its sender but theres no return addreu theyre naturally annoyed that their name would be selected for the receipt of this offensive reading and cant understand where the sender would obtain it there are only addresses at the bottom of the reproduced articles so the readers could sendto the united states for reprints of such articles as the liberal is your deadly enemy at the post office no one can recall sorting the letter so its unlikely that a great number came to acton this weeks burlington gazette also reports a woman phoning to complain of receiving the literature the turners wonder who else has received this bunk reeve outlines composition of county board i dont know if i voted right at the county councd but the department agreed it was the only way we could have done it biquesing reeve george currie told fellow councillors of the apportionment of members for the new county school board the county committee had no alternative the reeve said the ontario municipal board set up the scheme for apportionment of members and the committee hid no choice but to adopt it same criticism has been received because the new board will be heavdy manned by representatives from burlington arid oakville traditionally a odds with the north end of the county the north end received only four members in the joember board one from georgetown one from eaqueung one ftom milton and one from actonnuiagaweya it could be an interesting election commented cimincillor pal patterson ai3dvs oco i w i r n d