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12 The Acton Fre Mar At DeBruyn farm Newfoundlands Canadas oldest breed of dog by Jennifer Ba it The farm of Martin and Angle on Third Line north of Acton boasts of fine milking cattle chickens pigs rabbits cats a raccoon a peacock and a yard full of huge black teddy bears Mrs DeBruyn owns and operates Mariner Kennels breeders of fine Newfound land dogs one of the largest dogs in Ihe world and Canada oldest native breed The huge Newfoundland weighing up to 140 pounds and covered with dense black curly hair originated in the island of the same name turles ago probably from im ported fishing dogs used by the Vikings or other fisher men From the came the Labrador Retriever and the Chesapeake Bay The is a water dog possessing a waterproof two layer coat and the size to haul In the fishing nets He also has a strong Instinct for life- saving as any family with a swimming pool and a can attest to Angle DeBruyn now vice president of the Newfound land Club of Canada became interested in Newfoundland dogs several years ago when she and Martin were living in Georgetown Martin was then a welder with American Motors and Angle was and still is a teacher at Stewart town Senior Elementary School fascinated by the big black things and a AN ARMFUL of teddy bears for Angle means two of her Newfoundland dogs Big Judy foundation mother of Mariner Kennels puppy Sarah by a hundred or so pounds The farm and run their Newfoundland breeding establishment on the third line north of Acton male puppy came to live with dysplasia A second dog a foundation female Jidy a them Unfortunately hat female also exhibited the displosia free animal Now puppy from a pro- same disease Mariner boasts a very common to many It was several years before line or Newfs large dog breeds hip the found their Desbribing Newfoundlands as super family dog who people Angle is most en about the breed and never sorry she started breeding them Not only do the DeBruyns show their dogs but they are used for charitable causes Martin has built a charming cart reminiscent of mail carts the big dogs used to pull around Newfoundland All the dogs are trained to harness and make appear at money raising func tions for such worthwhile causes as the Crippled Child ren a Centre the Camp for Retarded Children and the Christmas Tree Drag an annual event taking place at the tree lot of Murray Dry den proceeds going to Sleeping Kits for under privileged children Georgetown residents will remember the big Newfound land and cart appearing around area and In many Santa Clous parades Showing takes up a great deal of Angle spare time Of the four females and one mote currently on the show lists of Mariner kennels two have their Canadian Cham Ions hip and one has an American Championship Christie sells beer One female Christie won reserve winner bitch over 80 females at the Rock ton Illinois near Chicago show and was only a year old when she beat bitches for best sex at a speciality show Christie has also had the distinction of doing a Mot Historical Society hopes to save old buildings Citizens will have a better chance to save old or interest buildings If the Historical Society can per suade Hal ton Hills council to help set up a permanent advisory board The historical society hopes councillors will assist in setting up a Local Architect ural Conservation Advisory Committee LACAC The society will make its pitch to council in about a month The decision to try the route came during the Historical Society annual meeting in council chambers February Under the Ontario Heritage Act a town consults its prior to designating a building or group of buildings as being worth preservation A municipality may establish a LACAC with no less than five members Burlington and Oak vl lie have the only in Region so far according to Wayne McBachern of the region planning office The historical society s new board of directors will prepare a presentation to council about the The executive will show Its presentation at I hi historical society regular meeting The society new executive is Keith Barber Shirley Cleave George Henderson John McDonald Muriel Nurse Jean and Richard Rugglc Last year chairman John Committee to explore Greens allegations Region Administration Committee has called for a full and com plete Investigation into allegations concerning the Land Division Committee The allegations were levelled by a Milton member of the committee David Green In a letter announcing his resignation from the com mittee Green said he felt he d reached the level of a third or fourth class citizen with the committee He claimed that a commit tee of three members dealt with matters relating to other departments in the region Auto rolls on 17 Sideroad A westbound auto rolled over on 17 around Saturday Damage to the auto driven by Sharon of Acton Is about police estimate The mishap oc curred about a mile east of the line Before rolling over the vehicle climbed a snowbank police state Station wagon hit A station wagon was hit by a vehicle which failed to remain In the parking lot of the Acton Community Centre Monday evening Damage to the station owned by Leo Duess of Elmore Is about according to police Police also say the station wagon was parked for about ten minutes The vehicle was hit on the right front fender Woman hurt in collision A twocar collision on 15 Saturday resulted In light Injury to a Milton woman Police state Cynthia RRsMilton was hurt in the collision Damage to her car Is about according to police Police ultimate the amount of damage to the auto driven by Martin of RR4 to be two and staff matters No other committee members appear to be considered he said Oakvlile Mayor Harry Bar rett said Wednesday he felt the committee shouldn t accept Ihe resignation until they had asked Green to sub stantiate his allegations If there are problems lets deal with them Councillor Miller agreed Let s table his pending a lull re port on the matter It might be that it is a tight little group and if you re not on the inside you just don in at all Burlington Councillor Walter said the charges had to be answered Milton Councillor Jim Wat son went along with the Idea of a lull report but felt Green s resignation should be accepted He felt the commit tee should accept Milton Councils recommendation and appoint Lloyd Chisholm as Green a replacement In the meantime He said Green re fused to reconsider his resignation Chisholm was mended to replace Green on the committee and a stall re port Into Green allegations has been requested Council will ratify that action today McDonald said the unveiling of the plaque at the Barber dynamo was the historical society biggest project of 1977 It put us into the spotlight of the community McDonald said The region Ml Each era admitted to Betsy Cornwell the town may be obligated to provide some financial support under However he pointed out some administration costs Lould be handled by the town There s no honorarium or he said The people at the meeting saw a color film about saving buildings at Kingston Ontario According to the ncial legislation someone who wishes to object to a building being designated has days to let the town know Tudor said Council may also appeal a designation once it is made said A designated building may In time if the owner wishes Council con delay demolition for as long as days said Once a building is a council may give a grant or loan to help the owner make alterations Realty said Hills planner Mario Vcndilti suggested the seven members of the society executive use the regions background report on lage then make present I ion to council is no one on the own staff or on council who has expertise in history or architecture Vendlttl said He also cautioned the group that council is sensitive to financial situations The town would have to investigate the grant struc ture he said The Historical Society covers the former township Georgetown and Acton McDonald said son beer commercial unfortunately it only seen in Newfoundland stretched in front of the fire wall to wall dogs Even the boarders become house dogs and even share the DeBruyn beds But king of them all Is the original family pet a small mongrel Mickey whose ambition is to outlive every on the place At years of age he may just do that Although Angie hasn t had facilities for many boarding dogs up until now she hopes to enlarge the runs and ac commodate more dogs by the summer Home of teddy bean Right now spends a great deal of time grooming preparing and showing She travels from Montreal to Windsor from Ottawa to Chicago campaigning her dogs The dogs have to be washed every six weeks during show season and con sidering this is done In the family bathroom it s easy to sec why total family Involve ment Is necessary for the hobby Martin used to do all the showing and Angle the preparation However now that Martin is a farmer and has no time Angle does most of the showing herself carting as many as three crated Newfs grooming table equipment and lunch to the show her truck If only one dog goes it usually rides in the passenger seat ambition is to im prove her present stock and one day hopefully win top Newfoundland of all Canada Martin and Angie are also renovating their farm house with help from sons Jeffrey 14 and Trevor and learning to become as self sufficient as possible on the farm they The Newfs overflow the house and greet visitors driving In the lane a formi dablc welcoming committee although Angle vouches for their dispositions and claims them to be very gentle and placid Mariner Kennels home of the teddy bears and perhaps in the future or top New found land of Canada a nice place to visit Heart fund near goal The heart fund is close to its target with about SO can vassers yet to be heard from says organizer Vic The goal this February was and there were about 100 canvassers Involved We got a great response from the people industries and businesses Mr Brlstow says Im quite confident we II reach the 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