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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 24, 1976, p. 2

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The Acton Free Press Wed November fa BrOOkVJIle FriclSV Fair board stages Bert Davidson night Ena Gibson graduated Oct from Wilfrid University Waterloo with her B A degree majoring in geography Mrs Gibson is a teacher at the Robert Little school She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Eden Mills and lives at 120 Mill St W Acton with husband Jim and their children and Carolyn Family and friends at tended the graduation cere monies at the university Gail daughter of Mr and Mrs John Mill St Acton graduated on November from University in Hamilton with her Bachelor of degret majoring in She attended 7 Bennett School District High School and Teachers Collect Toronto ShL s presently teaching it Btnnctt school Her family and friends attended the at It was Bert Davidson night when the board of tors of Acton Agricultural Society held their annual dinner and dance last Friday ft Davidson and his wife were the guests of honor at the head table for the event in hall Praise was heaped on Bert by fellow director Nino Braida and then Bert delighted the crowd by res ponding in a humorous and touching way He was presented with a speciallyengraved clock Mrs Davidson was given a bouquet of big red roses by Miss Acton Fair Charmaine years Bert Davidson has been Involved with the staging of Acton fair for the past years and he has been on the hall committee since 1946 He was accepting his third honor in the past two weeks He had just been reelected president of Acton Golden Age club and the week before was named president of the zone at the senior citizens rally in Milton Foundation Week marked by Rotarians issue Acton hosted the district meet of Foundation Committee it their regul to acknowledge Rotary Found tion Week Nov 14 lo Clubs represented were Toronto Streets ille Georgetown Guclph Port Credit visiting Rotanan from Aberdeen Scotland Also present was John McDonald who has recent returned from a group exchange trip to Israel Rotary distr el i in Man from the club as guest speaker and informed the group of the lies of the plans for future jeirs is the nly project ihit all club on a world jeir 1 business people travelled under Rot group pronms Mr was one of Parked car is damaged elicit i lo eir Spiel Hilton il 1 bee report lit lent in il I I iff Mill St on i mlir it HOSSINGWORTH AND SONS Ltd started installation of 27 inch wide sewer pipe that will join Churchill Road to Acton Blvd last Wed The approximately project stretches across the school yard and will take about a month to finish TO THE Children The excitement of the Season is caught up in our selection of wonderful wearables for young folk Sizes New Bon to 14x Use Our Conven tickets Police have been issuing parking tickets for cars along the new No Parking sides of Dower and Church Sgt Mil ton says the police are con about the problem during Mill reconstruction especially if emergency vehicles should have to get through People improperly parking on Church and Bower may to be ticketed he Only Zehrs Bert recalled that he was one of the people instrumen tal in getting the annual dinners started He received his agricul tural service diploma in and has a life membership and he said he thought the fair s honors to him were over He recalled some of the highlights and comical moments of his association with the fair It good to see the younger folk coming along he said It time we old fogeys stepped down He received two standing ovations and much affection ate applause Historic night As he introduced R Davidson Nino said it was a historic night With out doubt Bert has done more to perpetuate Acton fair and raise its standards than any one else on the board he said We all know him and respect him He has energy and the courage to go another mile for our fair He gets a real satisfaction from serving others and he will be remem be red for his many kind nesses and his love for our community We need his experience and guidance I can Imagine a fair without him Mr declared Brian Evans was chairman for the program First vicepresident Brent Marshall introduced special guests Mr and Mrs Lloyd S pence of Milton fair coun cillor and Mrs Alan Burnett of Eramosa council regional and Mrs Pat McKcnzie and area coun Russell Miller Top calf club member David Lasby was introduced He the fourth in the family closely involved with programs Brother Bob and sister Cathy are presently leaders brother Bill won the Queens guineas at the Winter Fair in 1967 He is the son or Mr and Mrs Wallace Lasby He goes to school and is years old President Russell Murray expressed his appreciation to the directors and said we need more help and more land next year He men Honed life members Morgan Madlll Mel lough and Bert Davidson Past President Ken Murray congratulated the board and said the fair keeps gathering momentum He also men the need for more land John McAdam thanked the Dublin WI members for catering to the bountiful roast beef dinner Dancing followed with light footed Bert Davidson among the first up on the floor New signs in Halton Hills Queen b Park is to conduct a program of Installing new signs for town roads crossing Highways and 25 in Hills probably starting in the spring Engineer Robert Austin said he would prepare a report for the next works committee meeting outlining all locations where new signs are needed Where the Fifth Line meets Highway 7 is one location where a new sign could be Installed Austin said Mon day Councillor Joe Hurst said he thought the province might be hinting at the different road numbering signs used by Hills and the region when the letter from Queen Park mentioned uniform system Austin said the new signs would designate Road Seventh Line by its new official name Trafalgar Road Provincial approval is pending for official change of the name for Road The FAMILY GROUP meet at The Acton on Mondays at Information set so far The rec Press on Nov reported a proposed new shopping centre at Churchill Road Highway No 7 would include two tenants Canadian Tire and Zehrs In act Canadian Tire have merely expressed interest in going the shopping centre Only Super is committed at this Jerry Sprackman of Shopping Centres Ltd has written lo point out the error in the story Milton meet tendance at the first meet the candidates night in Milton was very disappoint Of the over 100 who at tended at least half were rectly with Ihe candidates or the sponsoring groups Children have been out on the new ice at the lake al ready Maybe a record early date for a dangerous lice Say fi Merry Christmas with SLIPPERS Dr Sertolis LOUNGING SANDALS VARIOUS STYLES COLOURS SEE OUR SELECTION OF SLIPPERS BY Kaufman Packard Clarks Lullabies Snucfgle Bugs HOES 95 Cut brush on Mill W Halton Hills men have been cutting brush on Mill West at the outskirts of town to improve the visibility They will be cleaning up the shoulders of the road this fall and they 11 do the ditching next year THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized at Second CJmi Mail Postal Registration ACTON DESERVES ITS FAIR SHARE OF ATTENTION and SERVICE Harry levy will not let you down He is a mon of Action and RELIABILITY I But he relies on you on December to elect HARRY LEVY X FOR MAYOR DRIP COFFEE J Yes even Santa agrees Its Home for Christmas BLENDER Due the reconstruction of Mill Street our Customers may use our Rear Entrance off John Street Use Our Convenient Christmas Plan at no interest charges until December SATISFACTION GUARANTEED O YOU MONEY CHEEOU REFUNDED 4k For Great Values SHOP IN ACTON 1 CHURCH s Is L MILL a i ST ALBANS KNOX Municipal Parking ACTON s CONSTRUCTION IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE The curbs are in and temporary sidewalks will be installed and the First Coat of Asphalt should be on Mill Street ram Main to John by this weekend There will be plenty of on street parking as well as off street parking and parking in the municipal lots The work should be completed between John and Wilbur in the next week or so please bear with the merchants WIN WHEN YOU SHOP IN ACTON Guess the exact time of completion of the first coat of asphalt and win 100 Bring the coupon to your favorite store with your prediction before November 30 1976 BUSINESSMEN OR CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL NOT ELIGIBLE j NAME ADDRESS PHONE PREDICTION Month Day Timel

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