Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 13, 1968, p. 3

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mrs anna wilson served eden mills community for 30 years x leaves general store at christmas it wont be eden mills without anna a customer remarked and for most of the village the retirement of mrs anna wilson after 10 years behind the counter in the little general store between the bridges will be like the closing of a chapter jn village history hot as long as most can remember site has been there from 6 10 in the morning till nine at night six days a week on the seventh site seemed always willing to open the door on a telephone tall for that loaf of bread or bottle of vanilla that someone forgot lo pick up the night before she herself cant recall taking a real holiday or being away except in time of illness outside of the old veranda with the wooden posts that came off a few years back the store has remained the same since she took over that scale w s vm zmxm- the name on this eden mills store changes at the end of the month mrs anna wilson is rotlrlno after 30 years behind tho counter staff photo engage planners to recommend plan for population of 15000 forecasts into actons future arid methods of planning for a larger area and population were vigorously disputed at tuesdays meeting of town council a resolution passed by a narrow s4 margin authorizing argfaintufeyrs would be a poor way to spend money like other money spent it will be money piddled down the drain he contended h e urged annexation proceedings first and then action on planning when lands were recotrnttendationr for future development and annexation of land for a population of approximately 1 5000 persons in acton cost of the project is approximately 1300 reeve huilon was first to challenge the recommendation from no 2 committee laying it eiuie said lie taw the need of some general outline for growth to control subdivides the mayor also spoke in favor of some plan to use as a guide lme mr llinton felt the town should first be concerned with planning the area recently annexed from lsquesmg veterans dinner draws nearly 70 to legion the usual veterans dinner at the legion hall followed the remembrance day services at the cenotaph and knox church on sunday again the veterans heaped praise on the legion ladies for their excellent roast beef dinner master of ceremonies max storey introduced the guests with wit he also spoke rennniscently of the old sweats since there are only 16 of these world war i veterans left in the legion messrs buchanan wright masales kingsbury ferryman leishman turner uritton inglis kenny simpson mitchell macdonald musselle and thomson there were nearly 70 in attendance with about is ladies auxiliary members in the kitchen and serving at the tables for the presentation of the film producers certitiote for the choroliers mayor uuby reeve llinton legion president gord james and hugh o rourke of the chorahers all come to the platform this large certificate had been given to warden hunter in california and forwarded to acton from county councd via the reeve the chorahers responded by singing pack up your troubles and theres a long long trad awinding two films were shown one a war picture called held of service and the other a spirited film on legion activities poppy fund chairman jim higgins expressed thanks to seems like it patience i one of the qualities needed to offset the extra hazards of winter driving says the ontario safety league you need to give more time to your drivingplease dont begrudge it remember that winter doesnt last forever it just teems like it everyone who helped make the campaign such a success township other councillors headed by bob drinkwalter and ted tyler suggested the plan should be all inclusive lets take our heads from under our wings said councillor drinkwalter we cant effectively plan one small- arou the motion passed to engage project planners with the reeve deputyreeve councillors masales and mckcnie opposed but the issue remained the reeve continued to criticize the resolution mayor duby told mr hinton the motion passed by the democratic process and lie had had ample opportunity to speak the reeve faded to see how the motion could include the annexed land in its outlines im pretty dumb if its not clear then he declared i suggest you are pretty dumb then said mr drinkwalter has been here for 10 years und never been out mine than a quarter of un ounce she beams nutuially the range of stock has increased over the yean mrs wilson has been serving customers since they were wee tots some come in just to chat or to read bulletins of coming events posted on the pop conic mic cites mr and mrs ii mclheison us perhaps her oldest customers she recalls along with her customers the snows of 1047 when they had to walk out to highway 7 to meet the bread track from tuesday to sutnrdny and hey brought the milk in tlic store in a huge can for customers to till their buckets ive worked long and hard hours admits mrs wilson and lmgoing to mils ii hut sales have more than doubled since ls and its lust got too much for me she admits she will oliicially hand over operations to mr und mrs a jefferson of llrumpton on nov 21 hut shell he stuylng on to help them until t hristmas llicu its full retirement in her new apartment in i den mills shes run a very successful business und now shed enjoy a rest id love to travel if i could she admits music workshop at burlington the music section of the ontario i diicators association omi a presents muslc workshop in several localities of the province cuch fall different places cuch year the lofih regional workshops arc being held in nearby lliirlinglon tort william richmond hill and orilhu these workshops elnejly present the choral music and methods in the elementary schools and local teachers arc expected to attend the burlington program november 21 at the regional workshops of which burlingtons is one usually choirs are prepared to sing for a chief clinician who works with the children demonstrating choral tofhniquo interpretation odrikiuuifi methods of tdtlrfgt vole classification placement of voice and breathing etc croup sessions andor discussion periods are included in the days program it is expected that lloyd queen assistant superintendent of curriculum music ontario department of lducation will attend each workshop and will speak to the teachers regional superintendent of education donald young west central area will attend and speak at the burlington workshop several program consultants music from various areas of the province are also expected in burlington the corporation of the town of public acton notice the government of ontario has enacted legislation to establish county boards of education and county roman catholic separate school boards which will become effective as of jan uary 1 1969 therefore all boards of education public school boards and separate school boards within halton county cease to exist as of that date election will be held on monday december 2 1968 in each municipality in halton county to elect member to the hal- ton county board of education and the halton county roman catholic separate school board the number of members to be elected to these two boards from each municipality or group of municipalities within the county is as follows unicipalltv urlington oakville georgetown milton esquesinrj nasiagaweya acton separate school representatives halton county at large halton county boardof education 8 20 municipality burlington oakville georgetown milton esquesing nassagaweya halton county roman catholic sepjrate srhnnl board 7 5 i 1 14 each municipality will conduct its own election and the member will be a for a petted of two year j t hurst returning officer tho acton free press wednesday novombnr 13 1960 lew ml cuu mfll hy 111 toil ofilrn n i inwl u inl i in l ibii ml aitnti twiurln new version musical ride at royal winter fair i he skirl of the pipes and the ft r c c i slon of military inrscinanslilp will thrill visitors lo the royal agricultural winter fair when the mounted unit of the metropolitan toronto police department presents the litest version of their fumed iihisilui ride in the uienu of the coliseum the mounted unit has uclneved fime at out of the leading exponents of this spectacular form of formation riding i lie police rmnicil ride is unique ui another rcpecl for the varitius form ilihni are curried out to the skirl of the fnpes of the i oronlo police iipe hull rather thin the uihtomary mihtary hand ti h is been the ciu in the pkt apart from the precision of he ride and the iiiiiiueiifete grooming of the irnrie ulded color is given the perform nice hy the smart uniforms of ijie riders bamboo linces aflutter with red hltie and gold pennants complete the mosaic of color fhe ride unit composed of 16 horses eight blacks hid eight luys is driwn from the police stable of 42 horses und s2 men loc lied in the toronto are i christmas layaway hintons 5c to 1 store a small deposit will hold any item for you until christmas shop now jroxu theatre fct 878 3272 show time sun thru thura 8pm fri a sat 15pm sat matinee seven days nov 141s16171biv30 the graduate adult color dustin hoffman anne bancroft quacker twacker cartoon saturday november 16 matinee fluffy color quacker twacker thursfrisat nov 212253 mini skirt mob adult color jeremy slade riot on sunset strip adult mimsy farmer aido ray color island of the blue dalphine cartoon color town of georgetown debentures maturing from 10 yars to 17 ytmrs 100000 denominations for further information please contact mr a m macpherson 241 arthur st acton phono 8530547 bell gouinlock company limited 1507 terminal tower building hamilton rama in cash vouchers 90 weekly hen you shop at the following acton merchants 5 lucky draws every week paul nielsen clothing the family store manning electric acton home furnishings dollar daddy store symon hardware ab supermarket dills stationery store bensons shoes gordon hardware ltd sports corner vouchers must be redeemed by dec 31 1968 lovell bros meats acton fabric centre iga food store the holland shop acton red white store cameo shoppe m hood drivein hintons 5c to 1 store lakeview discount centre duncans variety store

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