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Martha Jackson of Mo pic view Lodge turned years old Saturday An avid hockey an her favorite player Dnrryl Sillier dropped In on a birthday party on Thursday to wish her well The two carefully went through a hockey the birthday girl has kept over the years before blowing out candles on a birth day cake decorated as a hockey rink Leaf star at Marthas 00th party by Helen Murray may not have got a goal in the Toronto Maple Leaf game Saturday night against Buffalo but he did score in the heart of birthday girl Martha Jaekson Mrs Jackson of Maplovlew Lodge Acton celebrated her birthday on Saturday and the Leaf captain helped mark her day in a big way About people attended an open house at the lodge In Mrs Jackson honor on Saturday but It was a special birthday party Thursday held at the home of Lodge operator Joan Waldie which was the real highlight of the woman centennial birthday When NHL assistant director of officiating John McCauley of Georgetown heard what a Leaf fan Mrs Jackson is more particularly fan he set about to arrange a meeting the second in three years Mrs Jackson spent the morning of her fl7th birth day sitting in on a Leaf practice at Maple Leaf Gardens watching her favorite four work out Her favorite four Sittlcr Lanny McDonald Tiger Williams and coach Roger That meeting was arranged by Ha I ton Hills mayor Pete When Slttler was approached by immediately remembered the spry little lady and agreed to come to Hills to share another with her Ho couldn bring other trio as all have been traded or fired In the meantime but Mrs Jackson t even notice she got to see her Jackson sat as he signed and dated this boyfriend again Mrs Jackson love of Slttler stick goes back to his early days on the team The dynamic duo were like old friends revisited An ardent Leaf fan Mrs Jackson and her hus as they went through Mrs Jackson on band used to listen to the games in the days of radio the Leafs Mrs Jackson has always been vtry watched the learn progress on through the of her collection of newspaper articles and pic electronic era of television Mrs Jackson claims and decided three years ago she wanted my that in years she only missed two gomes and they Darryl to havi it She made sure he took it home were absolutely unavoidable with him as he left They also talked of Sutlers However the past few years have not been to three children and the quick birth of his daughter in her hearing and she is forced to have the television June necessitating a home delivery Also at the birthday parly were four elderly To keep the peace Mrs Jackson has had to stop friends of the birthday girl from the lodge and other watchingthegames close friends she wanted him to meet Sittlershook the team and their owner s Harold Ballard antics everyone hand 1 up more than one heart as She was watching Saturday though as the common he made his way around the room wished her a happy birthday on the air during A birthday cake baked and decorated by Mrs thesecondpcrlod Waldlcs sister was a replica of a hockey game Sittler arrived in Acton Thursday afternoon complete with plastic players and a puck The straight from a speciallycalled practice His hectic score Martha 100 He gently reminded schedule saw him playing In New York City the them he was only 31 and only by a few months at night before and Philadelphia Tuesday Yet that his friendliness hid his weariness and his charm While having a late lunch at the up for the fact ho had to be back in Toronto talked hockey with and other fans that same afternoon making it a short but fulfilling To show her appreciation at thcciptaln coming to stay the parly Mrs gave him a book on the As special birthday present SitUer brought his history of St Jacobs his home town Included in hockey stick for Mrs Jackson to go along with the hockey puck he gave her at their first meeting Mrs Continued on page A Metroland Community Newspaper One hundred and seventh year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14 Pages Twenty Drownin in jury says No fence town error The town of Acton and later Hills erred in not making the developer of the Klngham town house subdivision erect a fence between the houses race track which encompasses a pond nearby That was the finding of a coroner s inquest last night Tuesday delving into the drowning death of threeyearold Derek Jones October He died after falling into a pond on the Campbell property at Main St S After two hours of testimony from Acton Volun Firefighters doctors ambulance police and Credit Valley Conservation Authority of facials the jury determined the youngster died by asphyxiation secondary to drown The three man jury felt the developer should have been made to erect a fence between the houses on the south side or the development and the Campbell property which has a racetrack and a pond Because of this they laid part of the blame on the municipality Thoy recommended a fence be put up at the property line or the pond where Derek drowned drained The jury also recommended more extensive training be given to potential rescuers such as ambulance drivers to prevent from happening inside Goodbye Father Seepages2 The Yugoslavians haven been recharged yet More on page 2 Lifting of import quotas on shoes are likely going Detailsonpage5 in the future The jury commended the firefighters ambulance attendants and doctors for their attempted rescue efforts that morning and could find no fault with their methods of rescue The jury learned that on the morning in Derek was put out to play at a m A few minutes later his brother rushed home to get his mother telling her his brother was playing in the water Mrs Jones testified she ran to the pond and jumped in the water to pull the youngster out She cried for help to Don who was exercising his horse on the nearby track Swackhamcr told the jury he had not seen any children In the area until Mrs Jones cried out tie immediately started mouth to mouth resuscitation while another person in the horse stables called the fire department Randy Ridley was first firefighter on the scene and took over the resuscitation attempts Firefighter Doug Hewitt said he arrived shortly after and started He noted at time there was no pulse and the boy pupils were dilated George testified he arrived on the scene shortly after and assisted with the CPR McWilliam testified that upon his arrival the young was showing signs of death or imminent death The CPR continued until the ambulance carrying the boy arrived at Georgetown hospital Peter Ritchie an ambulance driver said all that was In his power was done to save the boy but noted there might have been more to be done had he been given licence to perform trachla insertions Be cause drivers are not allowed to perform this technique there was not even the proper equipment in the ambulance to let a doctor do to it on the scene Continued on page 2 Stars are born Maximum capacity 330 pupils for new St Josephs principal Everyone loves a parade especially the children Jody Archibald and Tina in the Santa Claus parade Saturday Hundreds more youngsters lined the Pan on were Just two of the happy children on the Robert Little and other floata parade route Parade story and more photos on page puts Acton on map Parents need not fear the new St Josephs School will fill up overnight and portables will be needed again St Joseph principal Fred Springer says the new school will have a maximum capacity of students While Separate School Board doei expect enrolment to climb from students the current student population of St Joseph located in the old Stone School when the new building opens September on Mill St West hoy aren t an 130 pupil leap Springer says a student population of to pupils would be comfortable and quite manageable Last Tuesday night Trustee Irene reports the board gave approval to the final work drawings These have been forwarded to the Ministry of Education and once the drawings are approved at the provincial level of government the project con go tender She they expect tenders will be let in early January Both McCauley and Springer said they had no changes In the working drawings from the final design plans approved by hoard in August and by the province last month It would have cost the Leather town Association a small fortune to purchase the amount of air time ex posure Acton received on Thursday show on Global Television As it turned out rained about for Its projects by bringing the draw to Acton It also achieved its goal of publicizing Acton with 10 photo- leather or were mentioned 10 times Acton or Ac ton High School was noted 15 times and the name Acton was flashed on television screens nine times was great publicity for Acton as since Wintario is Global highest rated program Including the and Global crews there were over BOO people Jammed into the gym at Acton High School a complete sellout some tiling Win Wrio doesn have that often It appeared the oud had a great time sometimes the applause lights weren even lit and were clapping and cheering wildly The Wuitnrio show began with on announcer say the show would be coming live from the Acton High School in the Town of Hills while viewers saw a man of Ontario with Acton flash on and off six times in the approximate location of the community Hosts Dance and Greg Bores ford came on and noted they certainly received a warm welcome from the audience at Acton High School In tho Acton area of the Halton Hills Even though It s no longer a separate town I ve got to tcU you there is so much community spirit here in Acton Dance declared This area has a very long and distinguished a very unique kind of history said It all based around one particular Industry and as you know a the leather industry The Lcathertown Association has been formed now as part of that to the a heritage and also to promote the Dance told tho audience and television viewers across Ontario that every citizen of the community Is a shareholder In that association Their opening remarks about Acton were greeted with cheers Later in the program a brief feature was pre sented about the town The TV viewers saw 13 color photographs of the town white an announcer offered a narration The photographs several which have appeared in color on the front page of this news paper or were token for tho show by the Free Press staff included the falls on Mill St West the Flour Mill Acton Library with the historical plaque in front Leathertown logo a sign fun the town halt Hide House Acton Mews Voyngeure on Fairy Lake children tobogganing the Citizens Band and Legion Chorallers at Decora tion Day and children skating on Fairy Lake When went to commercial breaks three during the half hour a photo from Acton was shown and the word Acton flashed on the screen in either green or red The photos used for these breaks were the Y building municipal office a band playing at the Camp outside of town and a shot from the Santa Claus parade a couple of years ago Other photos submitted to Wintario but not used Included the Legion Acton High School Interior shots of people at the Hide House ducks and geese on Fairy Lake the fall fair the old Stone School Shoemaker Funeral Home Moorccroft and down own Television viewers were told tonights host community dates back to 1829 when It sprang up as did many Ontario communities around a mill and a mill pond But In with the opening of its first tannery Acton began to develop a unique heritage Its because of this heritage that the Leather town Association came into being Today the leather industry employs of the community residents and it has become the focal point of a drive to revitalize the Acton area The Association is hard at work developing the old town resources a manufacturing and tourist centre The Hide House has become the largest leather outlet in the country and will soon sport a new restaurant and downtown is showing of redevelopment in such projects as Acton Mews Surrounded by parks and lakes Acton offers fun and recreation year round Its a place full of festivals and good old fashioned community spirit and thanks the folks of the Acton area for a warm welcome and wishes the Association the best of luck Several residents were on television talking to and pushing the button causing the win number balls to pop out The first trio on television were Gary White Glen Lolt and They reported they weren nervous about being on television and said hi to Kent Hurst and Joel Pink Next on were Peggy Warford of McKcnzicSmilh Middle School and her father Reg Warford who during his conversation plugged Tyler Transport He drives for the firm ana viewers learned the com Is big in this area and also is into school buses promoted Saturday Santa Claus par while talking to Heather Homer and Sandy Mrs Chlasson said she enjoys our reindeer best about the parade and the host observed he and his wife saw a deer run across the road Just north of town that day We wish all the people here in the Acton community the best of tuck with their Santa parade that this coming Saturday November We hope you have a nice fresh day with maybe just a little bit of snow Dance said Her wish far as the weather was can Continued on page 2 Actario Year II starts Saturday Actario Year kicks off downtown this Saturday morning Desplto logging ticket sales organizers have decided to proceed with the lottery Spokesman Ted Tyler second year definitely is starting this Saturday after its se cond year launch was delayed from the beginning of October to the beginning of December Odds of winning will be fantastic Less than of 1 tickets have been turned in However organizers know some tickets have been sold and not turned In yet They also expect something of a sales rush this week now that lottery Is definite ly going ahead Is slated to help pay for restoration of the town hall Thero Is considerable uncertainty sur rounding the restoration project these days but Ac lario Is still going ahead If town hall Is torn down Tyler says Actario revenues can still go towards many worthwhile local projects Last year raised about on sales of over of 1 tickets It was a good deal for local ticket buyers A higher percentage of trip and week cash prizes were won by the Acton and area residents than bought tickets There is a draw for a trip each month as well as weekly draws for and bonus merchant voucher draws The bonus prizes can only be won by people downtown at 11 a m Saturday mornings for the draw Ticket prices are J cash or four cheques three of them postdated for Tickets are available at some stores downtown us well from Actario organizers and members of various community groups