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lonour scout commissioner i before moving to calgary acton mill on publisher won honours for papers a surprise dinner offered a farewell to district scout com missioner vfc gunn sod mrs from district scout and cub leaders and officials in knox church hall wednesday night january 12 be pc in 1963 has accepted a new position in calgary aha he was the recipient of an inscribed desk set a gilt of his coworkers in scouting here aid a framed scroll from the provincial office scout council chairman walt- er pope who chaired the din ner presented the desk set and executive commissioner denny lewis made the presentation of the scroll rev norman young scouter norman herbert mr pope district cub master darlene barrager and denny lewis all spoke regarding tbelr associat ion with the guests of honour and the contributions they bad made to scouting here a brief biography of the dsc given by- scouter herbert said he has always been associated with the scouting movement his father was a camp cook and vic hid always spent his sum mers at these camps he was an invested cub at the age of 8 and went on to scouts at 12 he started his leadership in scouting by becoming his broth ers assistant scout master in the 14th london ontario troop in 1945 he designed and made this groups flag he moved to gait after his wedding in 1947 and assisted in the 11th gait troop he was also instrumental in getting a troop and pack organization at the ontario boys training centre where he took on the scout masters position he took his cub gilwell in 1949 and scout gilwell in 1950 tn 1951 vic moved toxolxmrg with the ontario training cen tre and remained the scout master while in cobourg he appointed district cub master and old much to greatly increase scouting in that area he moved to georgetown in 1956 and was the first scouter at the glen williams troop in 1957 he became the original scout master at knox church georgetown and worked at ex panding that group until he accepted the district commis sioners position over two years ago legion notes- study ways raise 1800 for branch centennial funds ralph hews the branch general meeting will be held on thursday eve- rning january 27th it is hoped f that atthisjneeting a bnaljcon- elusion can be reached regartp ing the legion centennial fund and how to raise some 1900 that branch 120 has been as sessed the assessment as most mem bers are aware is based on membership 400 per member we are sure that all members are quite familiar with the pur pose of the pond to make sure that the legion has money available to carry on our ap- roved projects and our aims and objects in years to come when we may well be suffering from loss of earning power as an or- ganlxed group thinning out- thirty years from now our membership may well be thin ning out to some extent our ability in earn will be practical ly nil this then will be the time when the fund will be used how the fund will be used will be decided at future con ventions where every branch throughout the dominion may have representation if they so choose nonrenewals last year the branch had a reasonable number of new members but the nonrenewals almost killed the increase of new members the branch needs the assist ance of all members in bringing in new members and-persuad- ing the fallouts to fall in again the imperial section of branch 120 had a good attend ance at their meeting on sun day january 16th after the general business the meeting was handed over by president matt mcdonough to branch 120s vice president and secretary merle beid and john walsh who conducted the election of officers there was quite a change in the executive for 1966 the new executive are president w ban- nachan vice president h bot toms treasurer j meekison secretary j murphy executiv es a taylor f bull the imperial section execu tive appoint the necessary chair men at their next executive meeting a newspaperman all bis life publisher of the acton free press since 1927 and the can adian champion milton since 1943 g arlof dills died thurs day lt josephs hospital guelph one of actons most disting uished residents be was named citizen of the year by the cham ber of commerce in 1958 the same year he was chosen mr weekly newspaperman by the ontario weekly newspaper as sociation he was an honorary life mem ber fit the canadian weekly newspaper association and beaded the executive commit tee for a number of years born in acton be apprenticed in the printing business there under the late h p moore he worked in the trade in toron to new york state kingston and guelph and returned to the acton free- press in 1917 a year later he married istna matcpherson and entered part nership with mr moore until 1927 when he became sole own er he was a member of walker lodge af am attended tri nity united church and had been a member of the citizens band library and public school boards and was charter presi dent of the ymca he was chairman of north halton high school district board for one term and was a former presi dent of acton fall fair board xjqually skilled as a printer and editor bis papers consist ently won national recognition among canadian weeklies for both typographic and editorial excellence a stroke which ha suffered nine years ago forced mm discontinue participation in the daytoday operations of the bu siness but he continued as president of dills printing and publishing co until bis death and spent most days at the ac ton business where hekept an eye on things from his wheel chair he leaves his wife a daugh ter mrs clare prosser eff brace bridge anfl sons david of ac ton and james of milton a sis ter mrs frank browning tor onto and ten grandchildren he was predceased by one son george several of his newspaper friends paid their respects with district people in attending the funeral service atibe burnley- funeral home rev dwight en- gel conducted tffie service and pallbearers were robert mac- arthur of georgetown gordon gowland milton ben corless goderlch ted tyler sr and r h elliott acton and wer- den leavens bolton secretary- manager of the owna burial was in fairview cemetery ac ton tad there had been more corn- plalnu ok this subject recently councillor tom hu1 suggest- ad that the sand could lump up hi the boxllks container at che back of the truck and not be distributed evenly the road superintendent had already been notified of the complaints stated the reeve tknow we cant be oq ev road at once he added but well see what can be done delmar french assistant clerk and e harrop were na med esquesings representatives to the halton county planning association is paying the county regi strars fees it was disclosed ttut in the year 1965 there were 334 births 87 deaths and s still births in esquesing township since georgetown hospital is in esquesing township most of esquesings winter road care gets lumps in two letters lack of sand on the roads was the complaint in two letters read to esquesing council on monday nisht the first from gord inglis driver of a school bus for the nassagaweya school board clai med the esquesing nassaga- weya town line had been impas sible in four spots this winter he pointed out that mainten ance of the town line was the responsibilty of esquesing twp he claimed that no sand bad been spread during the road conditions the second letter from g r bligh deplored the lack of winter control on the wisp wood road and stated that the ley condition of the road en dangered the vehicles and lives of all the residents he stated that the residents were com pelled to stand by and watch the sanding truck go by with out leaving any sand on the road reeve george leslie admit- thi oloroitown hirald tlwrsday january 20tv 1m4 pa6e is the georgetown babies are born in esquesing the 426 registrations cost 10cttg or 25c each at the conclusion of the short councilmeeting it was decided that clerk k c lindsay would issue building permits during the absence of building inspec tor wm hulls who is sick in hospital hornby mr and mrs clifford wrig- glesworth and mrs paul may accompanied hiss marilyn wrig- glesworth to the union station toronto- on thursday evening when she left by train for van couver after spending several days viswng with friends and mlauvm during the holiday on saturday afternoon jan ib the annual meeting of eden united church was held in ther church basement with a small attendance bey kelvin john ston was chairman for the meet- lngwhlchwia opened ww hymn and player lesliekutt ledge was the recording sec retary for the afternoon mrs elmer may gave the t report for the ucw and the secretarys report was given by mrs leslie rutledge mary hamilton reported for the y pj5 robert butledge gave the secretarytreasurers report for the sunday school the church treasurer james hamilton read the financial report for the church noftval our own opinion regarding this undertaking is that the funds raised by branch 120 should not be taken from the coffers of the branch the branch hass mortgage to meet also much welfare and community work to face up to many ways some years ago we made a pledge of 10000 to the hos pital building fund which we paid off in thirtysix months without having to go to the branch for funds surely then we can rvise a mere 1800 from among the membership there are so many ways to raise this money dances sports stags draws and last but by no means leasts good hardworking chairman to get this thing under way we would like to point out that the opinions expressed above are those of the writer of these notes and not these of the branch executive we ware out to the hospital dn saturday to visit jim mur phy and harvey garvin two very active members of the branch we hope to sea them both out soon crash program tins year the- branch m sup chairman is starting a on fall outs this project goes to their heads attending the hats for you hootenanny from norval wo mens institute were mrs don murray mrs e burk mrs k webb mrs joe murray mrs patterson mrs e mclean mrs h collins mrs s mcdonald mrs preston and mrs g ches ter this was the halton county summary day held in halton centennial manor milton on wednesday afternoon january 12th following the hat course taken by nine institute groups in halton county there were hats of all colors sizes and shapes on display and parade norval institute were in charge of an exhibit called millinery workshop which showed hats in various stages of completion and material us ed a all utwell that ends well was the feeling in the vfflage monday evening about 8 oclock when the word was received thatlittle eight year old wendy roberts was found safe and un harmed after the district had been alerted that she had not returned home from school sunshine will cause mirrors to become cloudy hang them voaeets lwjhopacfc with centre arm rest nave la oar that treats rear seat p angars as individuate big bonu the mats fold down aa or together to o m chfoot long carrying apaoa itabe maw n m wewt charger oner of owrgar cabto inch vs standard fcn thanaataat jl totfceaenlawnedtlwfaaathmdartogaae act eftfcevaar tarn them on and they rotate u fc hwlvataohui ami oonaoto two postttoo tumthem off and they disappear are anaafet o is tee m into the grlaa jut try to find tham fabulous on display now youre reading this because ypa like what you see- em youd like to know mora ok following is a list of standard equipment on what is one of the most uhstandard cars on the road today ahvinyl bucket seats and armrest front and rear fuluength console wall towall carpeting tachometer disappearing headlights fun width tail light tinted rear window concealed turn signals v8 power variablespeed electric wipers safety inside door handles padded dash seat belts back up lights dodge charger is a dream car come true stop dreaming seechargernow at your dodge dealers on display now phillips chryslerdodge ltd s7s oiwh st no 7 hkjhway