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two acton athletes inducted into halton county hall of fame two acton athletes were among the 10 of halton countyi alltime greats honored before 1 200 persons at oakville saturday night neil gibbons and charles sonny towmley were inducted as charter members of the new halton county hall of fame a project conceived by ken brown of oakville in an effort to honor county sports achievements the ten selections made after lengthy arguments that resurrected much sports nostalgia were made by a committee headed by magistrate james black and composed of actons dudef lindsay oakvilles bill cotton miltons dick clement and scotty patterson of georgetown charter members were selected from the county as a whole and the committee dug deep into sports history before coining up with the selection they purposely overlooked ahc exploits of many halton athletes still active the feeling was they would have ample tune to gain recognition later picked to head the parade of all time greats was 77 yeirold olhc johnson of oakville a living legend in baseball circles olhc played on the oakville 1024 ontario lui a baseball champs and wis also a crack runner he also played pro baseball for the old cuban giants l neil gibbous wa possibly tlni best all round athlete ever to fekt ninetyfourth year no u come out of acton he starred for actoil baseball and hockey teams during the 1920sand 10s when acton wis a powerhouse in these sports charles sonny lowmley now an acton resident was a star centreman on the 1914 oakville hockey team which took the o ii a lilt a c li u in p i o ii s li i p t h e smooth skating lownsley was a threat every tune he wis on the icewilh linciiiatcs bert peer and pcarcey allen r other gre lis honored were babe lenient the slugging milton hiseball stir who could pitch or catch is well as poke a ball a long way i cu andrews i he colorful ciiiupbellville niaiiigcr who led ills bascbill clubs to more o b a hit titles than my other m in in the history of the organialiou i d lefty jordan a foniicr burlington councillor who played pro football willi the old if limit in ligers und the toronto argon hits of the c i l he was also an outstanding i icrosse player pcre blickburii one of the best baseball prospects ever to come out of georgetown he had sever il m ijor league tryouts but c ipie b ick to play for georgetown each sc ison lie was also h intly on the hockey rink bob goldliun of georgetown a star in the nhl while playing hockey for toronto and detroit probably one of the best defenscnum the le guo ever sab mac mcclcary manager of the 1914 oakville chimpions who also coached and managed teams in the 20s and wl the late pete mcmullen of milton who was connected with bischall most of his life he was president of the o b a and headed the halton county le igue for years lylcmullcrl and perc blackburn were humored posthumously ortrficates wertf presented to the seven oilier honored guests dmt mttt acton ontario wednesday october 2 1968 twenty pages ton cents shocked witnesses see woman struck killed at mill st rail crossing ouuph mothers angelo and tony ver- donia outlasted 40 other competitors to win the second annual roller skating marathon at the community centre over the weekend the pair endured 29 hours on the rollers startinq at 8 10 pm friday evening and finishing up all 10 am sunday morning story and more pictures inside staff photo may drop deer hunt struck and killed by a c n r passenger train as she attempted to walk across the mill st railway crossing mrs llva brydons death shocked eye witnesses last wednesday evening mrs brydon 62 of 14 young st was struck by a westbound train at approximately 7 20 p m while horrified pedestrians and motorists lined up to let the train go past watched in disbelief crossing signals were flashing when eye witnesses noticed the woman hurrying onto the tracks she seemed to hesitate turned her head and then started to run but lost her race with death both engineer hugh dobhic of palmcrslon and the conductor of the two car dayhner said they noticed a woman hurrying across the tracks hut thought she had got clear until they felt the impact the tram came to a halt about 200 yards east of the crossing where train crews set up flares after police arrived mrs brydon was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner dr ii j new subdivisions forecast predicts overcrowding at m z bennett school by 70 there rhay be no 1968 deer hunting season in halton after all halton county council decided last week to allow a threeday hunt again this year if the neighboring counties of wellington and wentworth went along with the idea but wellington county has turned thumbs down on a deer season this year a lettfir was received by haltons clerk garfield brown last week informing him wellington has nixed the hunt it is felt halton will also turn it down even if wentworth approves of a seasonbecause wellington county hunters will flock to halton for the local hunt and increase the risk of a hunting accident in earlier years halton has only approved a deer hunt if the neighboring counties also stage a season to spread the hunter population over a wider area 5075 classrooms year predicted need population growth in halton county suggests a need for so to 75 additional classroom units per year for elementary education secondary schools will require approximately halt of the elementary needs lor each year that was one ol the points noted in a hefty report to the interim school organization committee for halton presented monday evening bv the program appraisal committee the interim committee is receiving detailed reports for presentation to the county board of education to be elected this year all present school boards will cease operation this year d lawless assistant director of education lor burlington presented the committee report oilier members ol the iconttnucet on pane i by 1970 the m z bennett school with its new additiott could possibly have 164 children too manyeight classrooms of children without classrooms working on a projection of enrolment required by the area superintendent principal elmer smith explained tuesday to school board he had had a hard time getting facts and figures about future subdivisions in his end of town building permits are issued for a 22- suite apartment but no permits are issued yet for the proposed subdivisions on the r n brown properly mccullough farm or seynuck and vyse properties if all the building programs are carried out in full he said m z bennett school enrolment would be ideal this year next year would be at capacity and the following year would have 164 children we cant look at this allows an estimated one child per new home mr smith stressed his figures were not certain but for the required projection he stated enrolment in 1968 could be 422 w in 1969 s52 and m 1970 719 even at this he sjid he had not included figures from land which might be annexed irom bsquesing township remember what a hard time we had convincing council we needed four more rooms he recalled with workmen outside and staggered classes inside and many minor inconveniences connected with both m z b principal elmer smith revealed he hadnt had a single complaint from a parent since school began the staggered classes are operating very well he said and he is very pleased with all the teachers he read a letter he had just received from a former acton family now living in michigan telling him a teacher there had praised the very efficient tacliing their son lud evidently had he said at times like this we have proof of how we stack up against other schools and it was particularly gratifying to learn the child fitted in well with the saw stolen from unfinished home a black and dekker skill sau was reported stolen during the night thursday ol last week the saw and extension cord were taken trom an empty house under construction by rubin oiporition value was sel ai sm4 will lodge protest probably progressive american school he was now attending at schools in torcst hill on friday during teachers iconflnuerf pane 8 appoint new deputy clerk at a special meeting monday night council decided to engage grant uther for the position of deputy clerk treasurer for the town of acton mr uther it pretentlv deputyclerk of wood bridge mr uther was picked from 21 application for the job the field was narrowed down to seven who were interviewed by the no 1 committee of council tho new deputy clerktreasurer will commence hit duties on nov 1 he it married and presently lives in woodbridge council alto authorized the clerk admirwtrator to engage ron mptmght at additional office help for the town offices ron in acton boy recently graduated from variety village vocational school in scarborough from a two year special commercial course chamberlain of georgetown her body was taken to oakvillctrafalgar memorial hospital for an autopsy mrs brydon a bingo fan was on her way to the legion hall for the wednesday bingo when the accident occurred her home is only a few yards from the crossing where she was struck she stopped in at duncans store next door to her home before starting downtown and the proprietor wished her luck at bingo the former llva m akitt mrs brydon lived with her husband james at 14 young st she leaves three sisters mrs margaret pcavay niagara palls mrs agnes allan and mrs mamie allan both of acton and a brother robert of guelph tuneral services were held at the rumleyshoemaker funeral home saturday with interment at lverton cemetery constable nick farion investigated the accident and he was assisted by members of the north halton o p p in directing traffic dr craig hutchinson was called to the scene mrs brydons dcjth was the first fatihty in four years in acton full results from fall fair complete results in all competitions at the acton fall fair arc included in this weeks free press the results arc compiled from the judges books and there may be a few omissions or errors which would be located later by the secretary there were 147 exhibitors at the fair with some of the entrants like lakeside chapter 1 o d l and bannockburn w i including a group only about one third ol th exhibitors had an acton or acton rural route address some of the exhibitors brought animals or handcrafts irom considerable distance to include acton lair in their annual circuit so who wanys partmdoi under glass when he bursts through the front window into your newly decorated living room the freak accidont happened at the homo of roy weaver early monday morning staff photo breaking and entering fatality for the birds an uninvited guest crashed in foi breakfast at the home of roy weaver on nelson court monday morning shortly after eight a large partridge flew through ins living room window showering broken glass for 20 feet across the floor the bird was dead in front of the television set by the time the weavers arrived on the scene to investigate complained mr weaver ive just spent sih00 rcdorating this room thank goodness the broadloom is coming tomorrow the partridge was over a foot long and strong enough to shatter both the storm window and the indoor pane luckily no one was in the room at the time insurance will cover the cost of the window anyone for roast partridge recommend curve warnings at silvercreek on hwy 7 a coroners jury has recommended signs indicating a slow dangerous curve be placed at the north and south ends of the silvercreek curve on highway 7 to give ample warning lo cars approaching the turn the inquest was held in propose minielection acton board candidate its possible that acton would be unrepresented on the new county school board or nassjgaweya could lind itself without a representative following discussion at their tuesday meeting acton public school board decided to lodge a protest with county council concerning the way the board wdl be elected and an acton minielection was proposed county councds decision was that acton and nassagaweya would share one representative there wdl be 14 members irom oalcviue and burlington one from milton one from etqueilng and one from georgetown the decision was based on residential and farm assessments board chairman cyril bishop who had already declared he wdl run for office exclaimed this causes concern for both acton and nassagaweya should moie than one candidate run in acton itll just be a popularity contest its ridiculous to think ol thtee or tour candidates running in acton he explained it they run just one irom nassagaweya the acton votes are bound to be split while the nassagaweya votes would be solidly tor the local candidate so far two have positively stated their intention ol running in acton mr bishop and tom watson and murray smith sjys maybe worried about just this problem just one nassagaweya nun board chairman horace blylh has said he will stand formhe new board seat fl- surely with 1300 school enrolment acton should be entitled to a seat on the board mr bishop declared were not being eoiisideied enough in this respec i piiikipal mekeiuie pointed out it was county council that applied the act i think assagavseya teels the same way they re just as liable to be let l out nd the principal added the irony ot it all is you have logo to brooks ille to quality board members all agreed a letter ot protest should be dratted to county council with a copy to area superintendent w mcneill but mr bishop had another suggestion as well if the election format isnt changed then we should have a minielection in acton first this way just one acton man would run against the nassagaweya hopeful and the town votes would not be split a mkioad of oolden aokrs left town on tuesday morning for a color tour throuflh the forest land of mutkolca staff photo milton thursday to determine the cause of death of william morden 30 ol fergus joseph francis maloncy 44 ol r r 3 orton and robert hunter 37 of elora all three wetc killed may h on highway 7 at the silveicreck curve north of georgetown when the truck maloney was driving collided head on with a car driven by morden hunter was a passenger in the car tests showed hunter had 18 per tent alcohol in his blood while morden had 24 per cent and maloney had 19 per cent assistant crown attorney murray roulston said this was equivalent to eight or nine drinks each morden and maloney were said to have died of ruptures when he steering wheel was pressed into their chests hunter died fiom third degree burns constable j redpath and corporal kenneth kingman of milton o p p both testified the truck had appeared to be travelling south and the car north when they collided ronald bouldmg a registered professional engineer said it was almost impossible for the truck to be travelling south he said it would have had to bounce back 70 feet the jury told the inquest we feel the reflexes and reactions of both drivers were reduced due to the quantity of liquor or beer consumed by both drivers