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man drowns at playground youth of kelso park despite lengthy attempts to revive him a wetton man drowned sunday at waterfalls hayground near limehouse sbvfco vuletfc 26 drowned while swimming in the quarry at the recreation ana he was alone at the time although an acquaintance ww twimming only 12 feet ahead of him according to police vuletic wat teen above the water one minute and wax under the next and coulu not be rescued vule lie was single const gary comtan of the north halton detachtneflt of the ontario provincial police investigated an inquest has not yet been called at a crowd gathered repeated attempt were made to revive him when he was taken away in an ambulance many of the spectator were of the opinion he would recover at kelso conservation area last thursday milton church young peoples group swimming party ended in tragedy when edward de boer 18 drowned while trying to swim across the west end or glen kdcrt lake lie was kelsos second drowning victim he was one of 25 young people from emmanuel baptist church who arrived at kelso about 7pm just as the lifeguard was going off for the evening there were still about 200 people at the beach area mends cautioned the youth agjimt swimming across the lake report now twist to inspector fraud a nw vifbuofi on the bid tlink iriipocfw fraud hi fclrtidy bilk elderly rion in uolhr town ol woo rtd acton o kf hu itiued tathf wrirniiig lo locl cluuni to kwiiie y rtth crook uit how he new loi oprlei a ttuii phone un intended victim mid explains he it a bank ruptsctor lie uyi he it checking for bad wrl1 numbertnn money which it lo he gathered up tor fowrdink hick to ollawj to be destroyed he tayi he ha wnl hit employee nlong to the haute iud would the hnuwhotder plete hold e jine as he wjnlv to ifejk to hi imisfuni when he nrrive the aawktant sunvet i lei in to tpeak un the phunc and ihon oils the victim hjik to the phone lo ijfk jjmin to the inspector v by now the bills ure out und being looked over for the tup rioted photiey nunvbert lite tuuitunt 1 imply ptckt lhn up undteavct forever in thiv twitt the victim it kept on the phone almost all the tune jo he or the bit no opportunity to con l net anyone elte or the police hiomc it renjrdlcvi of wlut anybody uyt wp kjy muujii tretus tins week tlicir license number it pmsvtilc but phone the polite if u person is kptinute ht wont mind you sitting tht rwilae with them but he undertook the twin and floundered about 60 feel from ihore others on tlte beach who went to attempt the retcue included john mcgeachle of milton and formerly of acton the water wjs cold with a current at the point of the accident it was five hourt before the body was recowred in djrknevt tlie no swimimng jgn irouttd the ijke are repeatedly ignored jid kejto superintendent werner dehmel the bejpfi twimming jtcj it foptd off with buoys in jtnijtr dittrkt mill up an eight vejritd ijjnulton hoy drowned m four feci if watr ji a private pirk unci picnic wej wett of abofylc xljitin mjtevicli a mm iwimnur w it vniling lie slovcinki pjrk with his fjtner and j brother nlnsty fifth yr no 4 dm ifrie acton ontario wednesday july 3 1969 with penny carnival day coming up thutkltv puveurtd ladders mary ann freuler laftl and sharon ellarby right were busy painting cones for the rino tou same dan games and comic surrnnlbfti lifiniittnit book ulm wlm olw ol thursdava bkjdty stam photo asks board eliminate religious education from halton schools a request that religious education be eliminated from italian schools was submitted to the county board of fcducatlon thursday by charles l rea u father of two young children and tyler ave acton resident hoard members agreed to review the preteut regulations and the prevent condition of the program in he schools in a letter to the board mr rea expressed support for the recommendations of the recent mckay report to the ontario legislature in nuking this request 1 willi to express my firm belief in the principle of the separation of church and stale not so that the state may be unhampered by elhicjl considerations in its decisions but on the contrary to that its moral responsibilities may be clarified noting there are nuny beliefs to choose from mr rea suggests that to give small children the impression tlut certain beliefs of certain traditions within christianity represent lbs one true way and always have is a distortion not only of history but of the present assistant director d s lawless pointed out the board must have the permission of the minister of fcducatlon is the program is not to be offered in llalton schools trustee l pease suggested the letter was written in a dlsutatious lone and i resent the implication that we are reacting to it this board is only six months old 1 tanvstimes wonder whose civil liberties are being protected by legldation the majority or the minority background material on llie subject is lo be prepared for the trustees for further considerations lad struck millmain no charges daniel walle t of 12 vimy st has recovered from his minor injuries after being struck by a motorcycle last friday the accident occurred at the mill main corner when the deaf lad apparently crossed against the red light lie was taken lo cuelph general hospital driver of the motorcycle was william black r r 1 acton con nosworthy investigated and no charges were laid tlie boy attends the school for the deaf at milton equipment damaged on monday an employee of clairson construction reported to acton opp there was damage to their equipment at the new sewage disposal plant a hole had been punctured in the fuel tank of a caterpillar and a back light was broken a portable radio was also taken from the construction site constable doug nosworthy b tha netnet otfloar on tha aston opp detachment replacing constable daw stafford who laft tha police to return farming a nathtt of brantford constabla noeworthy taat tented in sjmcoe baton being posted to actonhstaff photo dredge lake swim arm humors rife that dredging on hairy ijkc would be finivlicd before the arm unhiding the swimming area was dune were given short shift by aclons credit valley conservation authority representative k r parker it was all a misunderstand ing mr parker told tlie i rcc press the dredge will soon be swung around and positioned to work around the swimming arm to a point where the pipeline which runs to llcardmore and lo will not be disturbed by the mud stirred up by roiling water ilcardmore and co officials were concerned when the project was first introduced that dredging would affect the operation at the acton plant they were reassured by conservation officials however that the dredge would cease operation at the spot where the water was spoiled for the tanning process most of the dredging has been done in the northern arm of the lake and the large siea off the end of the park only live swimming arm remains lo be done there will be no dredging beyond the part of the lake known as the old radial bridge tlie contract calls for 400000 cubic yards of silt to be dredged from the lake ii was first announced that the project would only take a ytar to finish hut this is the third summer the dredge has been wnildng on tha 200000 lob much of the fill dredged from llie lake on the llizabeth drive side of lakesiew subdivision has been levelled and the board of parks management lias ambitious films to further beautify the and around the water fomte watfdl a sevenyearold boy who found a watch at tht swimming area in the pirk brought it to the opp office on tuesday of but week and it hasnt been claimed yet miss acton fair zenith armstrong picks a steer in the 1 000 lb class for rotarlana john anderson and gord mcksown from the menalr hard lor tha big prize in a draw to aid acton boy scouts bob menalr has donated a 1000 lb steer tor a raffle to aid the scouts who are sponsored by acton rotary club under a committor chaired by mr anderson the tickets are being sold by individuals and in business places alt over the town and district the winner will be announced at acton fair this year after the draw by this years misa acton fair stall photo visitor to town office has 15 pairs of legs green firebrick helps launch moonmen acton slurred in the first walk on the moon in an oblique manner bvery time u saturn locket is launched it takes off from an a p grecnhned bunching base during the last eight yean the green company which operates a plant and office in acton has furnished and installed all of the refractories used in new launch complexes at cape kennedy and the kennedy space center in the us a three years ogo tic millionth a p green brick was hammered into place on a cape caught with stolen goods stowfhilk mm fined 50 area launching base acton plant manager orv chapman said that the first rockets were launched from concrete bases and the 4000 degree temperatures split the base wide open other alternatives were tried before it was decided to line the pads with a p green firebrick a stouffvillc man wos arretted cliatged and fined following a theft at an acton store last week mr and mrs mac s mon had returned to symons hardware store last tuesday evening to do tome work and opened the doors to air out the building white they were working at the desk behind their paint counter with an adding machine operating two outoftown men apparently simply walked in the front door and picked up armloads of items from the gift counter carrying a big lazv susan and glassware they were seen by a neighbor in a back yard off mill st and the police were called with the assistance of a couple of citizens cons nosworthy caught up with one man the second man from toronto was apprehended later foster family tends budgie seeking asylum maybe notbut anyway a turquoise blue budgie bird was found perched forlornly in front of st josephs church on wednesday of but week mm john bousfield church st took the tiny creature home and discovered his leg was banded with hit number she informed acton police and cons notworthy called on a few nelghbora to tee if anyone knew the owners of the bird he had no luck to mrt bousfield borrowed a cage and started fostermothering the orphan a week later the still has the bird since no one has reported it lost the whole family has become quite attached to it and mrs bousfield and the budgie happily whittle tunes back and forth to each other hes become quite adapted to new home and the bouifields think they would mitt their new pet badly if the owner comet for it now they have no other pelt due to family allergies the entire pad covers an area a quarter of a mile square a flame trench 42 feet deep and 58 feet wide serves to divert the flames away from the immediate area some 6o carloads of a p green refractories or slightly more than 400000 brick were used on the one pad during installation the brick had to be laid in precise patterns for maximum contact with the wall a strong cpoxy mortar was used to attain the best adhesion possible to prevent the tremendous pressure during blastoff from pulling the brick away from the wall without the refractories the threefoot wall of concrete would have popped like popcorn the staff in the town office was startled to see a visitor with i s pain of legs trotting over the assessment rolls monday morning although is pain of legs might raise eyebrows in most offices the visitors long antennae made its appearance more impressive to the town office staff inured to a variety of customen from the lowly taxpayer to the big developer assessor bill erslune wu left to identify the oddbill since it had wandered into his department he promptly bottled him up at this juncture who should walk in but a free press news hound looking for stories in the meetingless vacuum of july identify this 30legged visitor then said receptionist mn lorna clark handing bottle to surprised reporter he took the mulu legged taxpayer over to lilgh school viceprincipal joe bray who took time out from wallpapering to haul his sons microscope out by thu time the guy in the bottle wu lying on hit back with 30 legs extending up mr brty removed him from the bottle gently and laid him on a tilde simultaneously turning pages of a thick test book on the counter it could be one of 30000 things he muttered positive identifictllon came minutes later after several looks through the microscope this said jo bray it a scutigeromorpha a member of the centipede family harmless fellows bat spiders and flies first time ive teen one though it was also the first time the town staff had teen the visitor which explained mr bray u not an insect it wu an unusual visitor approve new roof m z bennett school a total of six saturn v rockets have lifted off from the greenlined launch pads the pads are bathed in 4000 degrees temperatures thrusting down at a velocity of 3000 mikt per hour some steel companies use temperatures only up to a maximum of 32003300 degrees for processing a new 30560 roof for the m z bennett public school wu approved by members of the hilton county board of education when tenden for the work were received thursday a lower tender amounting to 27416 was ruled invalid since it did not contain either the required bid bond or certified cheque constructed in 1957 the school tut a long history of roof problems and repairs and although our records are not complete in this regard it it estimated a total amount bf 20000 hu been spent on it in repairs since 195 a report to the board outlined the architectural firm responsible for it it now defunct according to the report the money spent includes patching and rerooflng of certain areas u well at a complete reroofing u recently u two yean ago the tituation becomes critical during the spring thaw when water builds up to depths of twer inches to three inches in the classrooms and oorridort notes the raport a asruioltini engineering firm investigated the tituation and concluded the building it structurally safe cotuultanb rvmrnenoad a right weight concrete topping of the roof reinforced with wit mesh directly on top of tha concrete slabs and replacement of all tha built up roofistg material the board alto referred tht matter to the national beaaaich council of canada a tachnkal representative visited tha ate and agreed with- tha recommendations