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conservation authority attempt to save small streams placid streams that tinkle through woods and pasture land are creating problems for expanding communities of the grand river valley pasture lands and woods that used to soak up heavy rain and melting snow have been replaced by houses shops offices large industrial plants and acres of asphalt streams and crreks arc encased in culverts their natural drainage features make them ideally located to receive large quantities of water running off newlybuilt up ureas in the cities of the grand news of the district brants ring gorget back burlington i ncascd in a fireproof watcrprool and burglarproof vault a silver gorget once worn by chicl joseph brant went on display at the joseph brant museum in burlington and a host of officials gathered at the museum to officially welcome the pried jntiquc hem back to its original home the gorget is a crescent of gilt or silver once worn at the throat of officers for protection in battle it eventually bccinic part til the british military uniform around 1770 when it became both an ornament and an insignia of the wearers rank on display with it was a ring the great indian chief once wore it was purchased new by brant in 1 775 total value til the two exhibits is estimated at s 27000 chief brant as a captain in the british army was presented with the gorget by king george iii it is engraved with the royal cipher g r and the bnghsh coat ot arms in the centre with decorative arrangements of i nghsh and indian instruments ol battle to the left and right on the hack it is inscribed the gill ol a iriend to capt brant when brant died the gorget was lull to his daughter i habeth she presented it to the sero lamily who were also direct descendants ol joseph brant it was sold tnjipm catherine sero and went into a private collection 1 arher this year it was placed up tor auction and a committee of burlington citizens decided to bring it back to burlington as a museum display swimming pool regulations l rin caledon township council arc concerned about the three drownings in a swimming pool recently and are determined to take steps to lessen the possilulits ol a iragcds ol this tpe happening again this opinion was voiced by mrs 1 martin wile ol c aledons reeve i rues martin mrs martin said a report published in a itironlo paper ttus detiiutely talse the report staled the lownship had relused lopiss any ivpe ol hvlaw lor swimming pools lo be lenced v l davison clerktreasurer said il would mil be piicticil or popular to pass a inlaw making it neccssars to leuci all pools in the township ihere are hundreds ot these pools in the iui he sud i armers use them toi watering their cattle and tin government even pays a grant tin them mrs martin said however that a consideiablt nutuhei ol the pools are manmade i lies lie used hi tht suiiiinei in tin non residents but are lelt lull ol walei in the winter main are uuttined and noluids is living near them to keep an est on them hit pools are lelt lull ol water in the wintei to keep the liosi lioni clacking the cement mrs martin said it in is be possible to dlun the pools and till them with stiaw tei keep them trenn eiaekiug i he lownship council have leiokeel al similar in liws in tithe i areas regulating peieils hut have teiunel mine thai ait eomjileteh salistactorv competition for po gl oklil lottn members ol i ul haplm jiutdi junior went into competition with the post office department dehxneis ol c hntlmas greeting taids 1 he placed ki in the ihuiih lestihuk one toi cards and the othet toi monev vutiji the uidu would h ii paid tor postage 1 1 plj j that iikiiikin ot the congieg ition would dtop then in town taids in the ho at tin jiuuh lo lu dehveied to the homes bv the junioi thou numb is 1 lu project which was stalled last seal b the jiuuh ouiig ptopu was to help bit gowns toi the tumors for gas appliances javav richardsons tv ft appliances 301 main st i milton 7t44v ssttrrrt3smtftttfrfffrtrrrrre rrf pff river valley brantford gait guclph kitchener and waterloo many of these streams have become storm sewers in times of heavy rainfall or when snow is melting they become swollen and often overflow to create flooding problems mostly minor but occasionally serious a growing awareness of the problems that can be caused by using oncerural streams for storm drainage has prompted the grand river l ohservation authority to do something about it a pilot study to determine how rural streams can be preserved despite being surrounded by subdivisions shopping centres and the other hallmarks of urbanization is being carried out in the guclph area on the citys southern outskirts ii anion creek meanders through an area of 1 1 square miles the annexed area is still largely undeveloped but it wont be long before streets arc built and houses apartment buildings and shopping centres begin to appear the authority commissioned a firm of engineers lo examine the stillrural creek and the area which feeds it and recommend ways of preserving it as a stream the engineers have spent several months determining where the creek gets its water how much of it travels down to speed river and how much the creek channel is capable of carrying they estimated the number of people who could eventually live in the creek watershed which lies in the annexed area they then estimated the amount f unoff likely to iced into thejcreck when the nowgrecp fields become covered with ifouses the concluded that the creek could be saved by creating ol park and conservatuln one around it a series of small check dams and ponds are recommended at a cost ot s 220000 these would he used to slow down the flow of water in the creek act as settling basins for sediment and would also improve the appearance of the creek the result would be a highly pleasing park area containing substantial areas of bush and dotted with ponds in the middle ot a large tract of urban development on the citys outskirts the engineering proposals in the preliminary report grand river conservation authority this could be the pattern for preserving many small streams throughout the valley in areas where urban growth is taking place sud g m coutts authority general manager we would he preserving natural water holdings areas and creating open space tor use by the public limehouse district page the acton fro press monday december 30 19o8 christmas dinner highlight of sunshiners holiday fun churchill candlelight service of lessons carols christmas concert at churchill church by mrs- tred mcarthur the regular mcctint of the c c c w was held on december 18 in the evening at the hemic of president mrs archie kerr with a good attendance it was the christmas meeting when many carols were sung as answer to the roll call mrs kerr the president opened the meeting with a short story advent wreath and prayer hymn joy to the world was sung mrs macartluir gave the devotions choosing for her topic christmas mrs kerr read the christmas story luke ch 2 she also gave the story of the carol silent night and its composer closing that part of the meeting with prayer and singing silent night miss i hahcth strokov sang a solo i wonder as i wander miss lnca strokov accompanied her sister on the piano mrs trank 1 hompson read the minutes of the last meeting also an executive meeting which were passed some business was dealt with baskets of fruit had been packed ready to deliver to he shutins last week the next meeting is to be at the home of mr and mrs andy morden in the evening of january is li mrs kcfr closed the meeting with a poem bells of christmas and all joined m repeating the m i p a h benediction lunch was served by the hostess mrs kerr with the help of mrs w thompson and mrs f macarthur the sunday school christmas concert that was held on december 19 was a real success with a good turnout mr jack denny acted as chairman and the superintendent mrs i nierson anderson and her assistants saw each of the children in the four classes had a part right down to he youngest all did their very best with little acts and singing the teenage class presented scrtioges christmas then came the time for santa in the person of mr clarence denny to distribute candies and gifts to all the toddlers sunday school children and teachers lveryonc was invited downstairs where a bountiful lunch and tea and coffee and chocolate milk were served to all at sunday morning chritmas service the children joined in worship together mr hyde chose for his text i have set before you ail open door scripture acts 19 verses 17 in the evening in spite of bad weather the church was well filled to enjoy the candlelight service the choir opened the service singing silent night from the entrance mr hyde then gave the call lo worship and the processional entered with their lighted candles and singing o come all ye faithful a solti followed by mrs anderson the birthday of a king the second reading luke 2 h 12 was followed by the choir the snow lay on the ground third reading was luke ch 2 mli the choir anthem angels we have heard on high was followed by fourth reading luke ch 15 20 the congregation sang while shephers watched their hocks by night i ilth reading was matthew 2 i 10 the choir sang we three kings tit orient ire after the reading of matthew 2 verse 1 1 the choir sang sleep ot the child jesus mr hyde read the night of darkness the orchestra played when i survey the wondrous cross mr hyde read i lie everlasting peace followed by a solo by jack denny holy night mr hyde read the commission ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free candles were relighted from one central candle by mr hyde the choir leaving and singing joy to the world mr hyde gave the benediction gifts piled in cutter at trail riders party rockwood trail riders held their annual trophy night at the rockwood town hall decorated with seasonal holly and pomsettias on the stage the gifts were piled in an oldfashioned cutter complete with cosy robe after a delicious pot lock supper the awards were presented the 10 high point plasers in senior and junior divisions earning merit certificates were senior di duncan balis bills ken tuck jean pettitt al pox lu tuck fayc milburn dave taylor moe mcginnis bill milburn junior mike dales cindy hohcnadel lynn duncan john dales buz ellis susan wclhauscr jim dales paul cooper randy pcttit debhic harris barbara milburn ktlflalcs tnthe largest graduating class at heavy equipment school young people conduct service christmas eve by mrs a benton hie young people group arranged a pleasant christmas eve service in limehouse presbyterian church last week i eddy brown and kob koughle conducted the service with rev i oung delivering the short sermon betty ann brown read a hnstnus sluis mary lou brown was organist and eight oung ladies sang two anthems mary lou was at the organ and i in da 1 inham al the piano toi a recital prior to the service bill lleuiv and stanlev mel nery leccived the ottenng and the m inistei piououiicc d the benediction c ongialulalions to mi and v s james ohlc who were 11 jiticd in i ngland m years ago 01 dec 2s wish he editor and stall aiiu lanv leaders ol the acton i in ress happy ew near milton heavy lquipment school an affiliate of sheridan college graduated its largest class ever ot heavy equipment operators i nday dec 20 i iftyseven men aged from ik to it received certificates in the operation ol hulldoers backhoes graders and other specialized types ot machines sixty per cent ol the graduates have been sponsored by c anada manpower which expects to sponsor the same number in the next heavy equipment course scheduled to begin in april dean i a shields gave a briet address to grads bet ore they received their certificates from wilt 1 ourmei supervisor ot the school and he 10 instructors graduates include new canadians tiom greece italy cicrminv i inland and portugal as well js the 1 oronio hamilton and hall oupeel areas and iagara and newfoundland ihere is still mom for a few registrations in the tenweek course that begins in april interested applicants should contact frank lafrance sheridan college brampton the top junior mikfl was presented witr tumblewood trophy and the top senior di duncft took the presidents cup also awarded were trophies for senior games horse molly durlm owned and nddr by ken ti l western peroiiiiancc horse was a tie befween happy roy mccue owned by mr and mrs fred symcs and ridden by jean pcttit and maverick owned and ridden by di duncan top bnghsh performance horse was royal duke owned and ridden by bab hlhs junior games horse went to buttermilk owned and ridden by mike dales and junior per for mace horse was trtxie owned and ridden by cindy hohcnadel the next meeting will be late in january featuring an auction sale of donated items quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils distal fuel fuel oils stove oils m latamhtjg oil turner fimnt pun 10 yjrt lo pay small carrying chargct dapandabu sarvie thompson fuels ltd 44 vouno st acton phoni u3ai74 fred a hoffman oplonietmit 58 s george sq guelph onl telephone 1142071 halton cooperative medical care pays plan all surgical operation doctor calls paid from flrtt villi confine menu anaethetll service xray alto major medical m day walling period r individual or employee group may enrol al any lime of the year revised rates monthly fl single monthly 11322 couple monthly 11323 family payable quarterly or yearly halton coop medical services i 143 uain si ullitu pints thd at iafmatia ha ulfatlaa hm ad j dultstni aw jlwtymjqnjudimtf w rt making iciih of pi aim for thi eu year im hiding ptiiul oihh that will help us hou ur loal patron how much wi f ct prrclalr v custom cleaners the students of sunshine school for the mentally retarded at hornby emoyed christinas festivities that began december 10 principal mrs k jeffares reports a visil to toronto fairyland was orgamd that day and 20 senior ttudciit held a christmas dinner dec i 2 roawood dwrdtes unite in service the rvesbytenan and united churches in rockwood united in one congregation on chmlnias sunday morning they met in centennial school auditorium for a special christmas service consisting of carols and readings associated with the birth of christ the combined choirs sang several anthems with mrs i rank allsop at the organ to it they invited a number of persons who have been particularly helpful to them and the school during the past year including f- j reynolds administrator for schools for retarded children m ontario their bus drivers swimming instructors librarians and other helpful or ga n iat ions from outside the immediate school staff the dinner was prepared hy the students themselves and members of the georgetown kinsmen club supplied and decorated a christmas tree the c luh also helped out at the dec 20 concert with kinsman yogi i avoi taking the role of santa clans with two other members as assistants santa and helpers later went to the hop i workshop to entertain and hive dinner with the workers there 4 for tfye neto tze wiah you oil the old fashioned joys health wealth and happy times with these wiihes go sincere thank yous for loyalty shown ua in the past may you have a happy new year rachlin jewellers