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m in acton rrm krau wadnatday sept 25 1968 news of the district high suicide rate in dufferin dcfferjn couhtythe tuicidc rale in dufferin county l mora than twice ai high at any country in the wodd itomcraduate itudenti from theuriiveriily of torontos tchool of hygiene were told recently that the dufferin county tuioide rate ia room than 40 pa- 100000 of population by cbmpariton sweden which hit ibe world highe national rate haa 179 tuicidaapcr 100000 people hrnald arid the overall canadian rale ii only 7 2 rxr 100000 he noted the univenuty of ouelph tociology department has been invited to conduct a aurvey o firid out the reasons for dufferin county t high rate dr c t m madwen of the universitys sociology department said reasons for the rate have not bn isolated erinalmosl as big a hazard as the careless driver on highway 10 thus year are the deer around caledon township lands and forests inspector dave montgomery appealed to motorists to keep their eyes alert around the forks of the credit tumoft where several deer have been spotted or hit on the highway a twoday open season on deer practiced in some other ontario counties has been strongly vetoed in peel but the poachers do quite a good job commented mr montgomery in the lartv 9ity iho narrow highway cominfl into rockwo6d fronri tho diroclion of ac ion rovoalod ibis wooded vlsyv the to id turning off to iho right carrot st church arkinfj was for construction of the cnr brldflo over the eramosa river ias photographed by- t j mccurtor and the picture is included in don hilt collncliorj tho tandflo is about half a milo from tho rorkwood stalioiv and k till standing must carry smv sign home made type illegal llv ii j stanley according to the rcgul ititius ot cliuly visible lot j dist nice i iue ww j and if the poachers dont get their deer quite often a driver does fergus fall fair big success fergusthe 132nd annual fergus fall fair was an outstanding success several days of tine weather up to and including the weekend brought large crowds and a record number of exhibits george woods the fair secretary estimated that there was an attendance of 5000 gate receipts were nearly double the year before but part of this was due to the raise in admission price from 75 cents to si last year there were 142 individual exhibitors this year there were 18 mr woods said that this was partly due to the change in date of the acton fall fair normally held on the same weekend it used to draw some people away from this area this year these people came to fergus instead residents of the south side of town were annoyed on sunday by having their sabbath rest shattered by the noise of some big machine goingall afternoon on a nearby farm the farmer though that if it was all right for residents in thaw po4m lawaytoweri on sunday which mine of 4 b it is ncjiors of a farmer to run his combine or whatever it ws7l jiut siwit at a distance the poor old lords day act has been pretty badly shattered lately its now legal to have horse races with betting on ontario race tracks of course it isnt a new complaint away back in the lf30s alexander dingwall fordyce was writing to his father i saw tosnething on sunday that doe not bring credit to our scottish people an indian and his family walked five miles to town so they could go to church on the same day a couple of young scots went past with their muskets over their shoulders headed for the bush to hunt from mostly gossip by ii j stanley agricultural representative since september i all farm tractor and selfpropelled fjrm implements or any vehicle drawn by them must carry the slow moving vehicle sion whm operating on a highway because of the heavy demand for these signs farmers luve not been able to obtain as many as required one sign can meet the requirements it can be fitted to a movable clamp and placed on the back of the tractor of combination of vehicles when on the highway some farmers are placing these signs of the fender of the tractor this could cause a serious accident if the operator were to fall on top of the sign a safer position is in the centre of the tractor right behind the seat it must be located not less than three feet or more than five- above the roadwav other farmers have considered building their own smv signs halton 4h club reports halton 4h corn club by john nurse cpr loses first round to town mrltonthe c p r is not to be allowed to discontinue four mueitger trains through milton according to an order of the railway transport board the board ruled the four trains which the radway asked permission to discontinue did constitute a passenger service and could not be discontinued under the regulation cited the board ordered the railway shall not discontinue any of these trains without leave of the committee having first been obtained in accordance with the provisions of the section 3141 milton council members observed it was nice to think their opposition might have had some effect another cautioned however that it appeared the railway had simply made application through the wrong section of the act and could possibly move to seek discontinuance of passenger service through another section tv transform georgetown to moose falls georgetown gray coach lines has turned thumbs down on a compromise bus route suggested at a recent council meeting councillor wheldon bmmeison suggested that buses retain the old main st route and keep the present depot on james st the bus company said this would create a safely hazard since they would have to back buses into james mr emmersons suggestion came in the wake ol objections trom charles st residents who dislike a bus route in a residential area the problem still remains october i and november 14 will be georgetowns oops moose fiu t nights to shine on the cbc network those are the nights the quentin uurgeru mr dramas turned in ana around georgetown will occupy the series regular tuesday night tune slot between 1 and 10 pan the first episode to be filmed in georgetown was a tune for hymn nd brandywine which includes many sequences in georgetowns downtown area the storyline involves a local confrontation between the wets and the drys in which durgens becomes a reluctant participant goodbye burlington burlingtonthe possibility of city status still looms over the town and council it having a special meeting next week to djacutt 1 suggestion to opt out of halton county and become a city a preliminary report prepared by the town treasurer showed it would coat burlington 180000 112 mills or more to operate as a city however burlington feels it has a 700000 equity in hal on county a assets and if this were paid back over a fiveyear period it aright help wipe out the extra costs of going citytutus club president elizabeth norrington conducted the opening exercises of the last halton 4h corn club meeting of the year held on wednesday september 1 1 jim jenkins extension assistant for halton gave the club members a lesson on diseases and insects harmful to corn after the lesson club leader bill wilson gave a lecture on the proper method of showing ears of corn at achievement day which will be held at georgetown fair on october 5 a quiz on the nights lesson followed jnd mr jenkins spoke on reckoning corn yields while in the held followed by mr wilson on methods ot harvesting corn finally the big moment came and mr jenkins and mi wilson handed out the final quiz sheets which counl lor 200 of the members 1000 nuiks the members completed 11 handed it in and paused as mi jenkins took 11 up orally and they recalled the questions they had answered correct iv and wrongly it you dont know the price ol success the internal revenue service will be happy to provide you with the proper inlormation discount centre 196 main st tss1190 supplier for dkakmis hub waupamk eudbin paints mtennishied hvwoods free delivery omen sat to 930 cm 8531190 acton according to the regul itnuis ol the highway lullic act- eich sign must hi- marked with the stjinp of the cdiudi in sliud nils association testing laboratories it also iiuisi he cltuly visible lot i dist nice ol 110i less ih in sou eet and i o n d e d to 1 d 11 r 1 1 i c weather pronl ii isc surlicc- i his tends in rule nut hoini iiikil- siuns four houses usod to be localod along rock wood s picturesque valley road the iflte richard harris lived in tho frame housn on the right mr harriss collection of early rock wood pomc ird cinrj p lotoqr 1 phi now ownnd hy don hill tl i r j f ir ill do mohihnd now inrj thr 1 ft 1 1 i n u vlop od by lhr ton r t on a jit or it pontiac announces the great break away pontiac grand prix beaumont acadii 69 pontiac grand prix 69 pontiac parisienne 69 pontiac rrebird break way from the ofdevry whi a totally new kind of pontiac bneci away fmliumdrtjm driving breakaway from tfve dull withartewgenerahwofvaide wtthronhacs five great sports 69 beaumont 69 acadian breakaway from the crowd with trimsize beauty break away from the ho hum in the low pnee 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