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f this is the st6ry of charlie brown has anyone seen charlie brown re vanished last fausomewbereoncem- eronst wsadoptedfamllyuterallyhavent seen hldb or hair of him since they hope charlies only hibernating for the winter months they suspect he might be somewhere in the hollow of the big ppplar tree in their back yard tea tree yap yov see chirle bmwna a- rtd squirrel who estabuhed residence with the harold townsley family last summer they suspect- charlies eltmr holed up with a mate or mia a cache of nut hidden some- jhere and hes sitting odtthe long cold eating sleeping and getting l when jeff townsley scooped charu brawo upinhisatorlehotiavlastsuirtmr jlcmingrandfalhftrsyardbesidd sparkling fairy late charlie wasiw any longer than your index floret jeff trotted jhlmhoma and showed hifri to his father harold with a plea familiar to parents can we keep lmpap weir whatll we call him well call him charlie brown answ ered jeff his eyes sparkling and charlie brown he became charlie took to tha townsleys like a duck takes to water made himself right at borne it wasnt long until he was climbing upon the familys shoulders and eating out of their bands daytimes jeff would make excursions over to the park up town for his mother or play with the neighborhood kids nestling in his shirt pocket would be charlie brown sound asleep in the avenings charued snuggle in bed with karen sometimes hadleavt ids ac- customed spot on the pillow and waidw down undhrneajh the covers t thered be all kinds of noises from karens tdroom when- tuu happened chuckled harold but hed settle down again if the family forgot tb let charue into karens bedroom etnlghtr hed scratch on thd charlie only had one peculiarity he dlant like people to gribhisrillapencbenr harold had when he wanted chas to pay attention hed turn around ind nip you so fast with those buck teeth you could only compare him to greased lightning nothing else bothered charlie he jnade friends with the family cat fluffy jumping on tabbys back and playing with ms tail efforts to make the two eat from the same dish failed because charlie had a habit of getting light in the dish absolutely no table manners that charllel fame brought visitors one day a tarn lly friend dropped in to see that doggone soulrrel formally introduced charlie ran right up his pant leg the visitors discomfiture was increased by the fact he couldnt shake him out he danced an irish jig holding his pant legs wide open but charlie didns dome down we couldnt do anything for laughing recalled harold finally the visitor had to go into the bathroom sjvj drop his ints ont cam chariiei the frisky nut cracker even had 4 visit to school 00 day and every boy and girl in the rooms he melted had to handle hlra briefly be enjoyed riding id thp family lirnouaioe would it on someones shoulder or the backseat the effect was electric r people snapped their becvato get a second gllmjlse of charlie rowru whan charue took off in the fall the townsleys werettt too worried he had bean missed before but usually turned up when the search became hectic so if you happen to see a squirrel down cameron st- way this spring call for charue brown he usually comes when hescalled than notify the townsley family they effl hardly wait to see charue brownl ifl a- ht nlnetythird yerno 34 m jfftt flrfcss acton ontario wednesday february 21 1968 sixteen pages ten cent mamma mekinzii and rob roughley were chosen queen and king of hearts at ihs valentine ball at the high school auditorium last thursday evening more pictures on page five staff photo halton county council highlights t i approve display at plowing match halton county will sponsor a promotional display at the inter national plowing match this year reeve h hlnlon of acton challenged tha program during the regular meeting of halton county council tuesday suggesting pre vious views of similar displays had considered it not worthwhile he noted it was one of the areas in which tha county was criticized for its fun funds deputy reeve f oakes of acton pointed out the committee was unanimously in favor of the project and costs were estimated at 9000 deputy reeve a speight of georgetown reeve g gallagher of burungton reeve g currle of esquaslng and reeve r harris of hilton all spoke in favor of a display daputy reave w gillies of oakvlue argued it would be budget irresponsibility to approve the project at this meeting i have serious reservations about spending 3000 for a display in a tent i would want to see what the money is to be spent on deputy reeve oakes noted the estimate was based on past dis plays and was lass than previously spent acceptance of the minutes approved the display limit executive expenses expenses incurred by reeve h hlnlon for attendance at execu tive meetings of the ontario association of counties came undnr fire at county council tuesday reave hlnton sought clarification on a resolution limiting ex panses of members on groups to which they were not appointed by the county reeve g currle committee chairman suggested it was tha feel ing some strings should be put on so you dent run wild he suggested the county should not be loaded with the cost of you at tending the executive meetings he was also critical of the ctalay in submitting accounts reeve hlnton noted he had caught up 00 his accounts and had al ready submitted his account for january of 11330 he wondered how a celung of 300 for a year had been arrived at suggesting it should be 600 to 800 some executive members are costing their county 2500 he observed raewecurrie pointed out there had nevui bean any reports to the county from reave- ulntoos attendance at the meetings u i bad to vote on it today id vote not to give anything deputy reeve oakes said members of tha committee placed a value of 300 on having a member on the executive of tha provin cial organisation members elected to the executive should be paid by the organ isation deputy reeve w hoey suggested this item has disturbed ma and im not concerned about an open discussion reeve hlnton acknowledged he said he had made mr hoays suggestion to the association he maintained he had played a urge part in the organisation in its programs and speeches 1 have been doing what i consider an adequate job on behalf ol the county he stressed reeve w j coulter expressed his concern with tha association when ha bad bean mwirotattul in gaining a special meeting uat year to deal with proposals for district haaltfa units up to now i ham aaan no particular value to the association he concluded it was learned the county last year paid reeve htntons expenses to the association totalling approximately 800 the bruit of 300 was agreed to on expenses incurred in such 1 where the member waa not appointed by tha county tobogganing in glenlea development of glenlea park has now reached the stage where it is available for some winter sports night lights have been in stalled for the first time sports enthusiasts will be able to use the facilities under artificial ughts right now the hills are inpret- ty fair shape for tobogganning citizens are invited by trie board of parks management to try the runs out the park is situated between longfleld road and the cjir tracks entrance is on mowbray place parks board had work done in the fall to prepare the park for winter sports but ughtshave been installed only a couple of weeks the board hopes to add more sports facilities in the coming year carol patterson wins lions contest 120 smoke ms dominion hotel this morning a smouldering tire in a trash basket in a washroom off tha dominion hotel lobby fiuedthree floors with smoke at 7 a m wed nesday morning the trash can was set outside by firefighters and the smoke ejector used the tire was never out of con trol and some hotel residents sat in the lobby during all the commotion carol patterson mafterwin- nlng the lions public speaking contest at acton high school on thursday went on to the second stage of the contest zone 6 north tuesday evening at georgetown lions club meeting there were eight contestants with the winner a girl from streetsvlue and her standby a girl from bramalea four capable students entered the acton lions eonxeajirlon and aeveral classes heard the stu dents apeak for tha judges ears last week competitors were carol well- known from pubuc school triumphs who spoke on money as the root of all evil angela pries 13 whose topic was sir james harris nigel scott is on the sinking of the titanic and dave woodhouse 19 on where scien tific development has led us judges were mayor les duby the rev rlichlejfcmurray and assistant ubradan and writer monday acdient at mi wilbur an accident at mill and wilbur sts on monday feb 10 at 535 pm involved two cars driven by peter turkosx 250 mlllst act on and barbara smith 27 knox ave acton the turliosz car was damaged to the right front to the extent of 125 he had been driving east on mill the smith car was turning on to miu from wilbur to proceed west damage to the left front was estimated at 78 improvement in behavior traced to charge edict carat fa i miss esther taylor vic brio- tow acted as timer ross lambourn of the schools engusb dnpartmont lookod after the contest at the mrii school for the sponsoring lions club from the local club she wiu receive a trip to chicago for the uons con vention or the value of the trip 120 three break ins tuesday night 350 damage to two cars two nearly parked cars were involved in an unusual accident at 425 pm friday afternoon feb 16 at mill st k near el gin mary ceclua smith long- field ha was stopped at the curb and started back out onto the road bertha nobis lima- house was driving west on miu and turned into tha curb to park the two cars were in collis ion with damage to the noble pickup truck estimated at 150 and to the smith car at 200 car snow plow 4 am collision a car and a dho snow plow were in collision at 4 am sat urday feb 17 on main st at ransom tha plow driven by elwood tosh of rr 2 rock- wood received no damage but the car driven by donald john harris rr 4 acton received an estimated 200 damage to tha front bumper headlights and lander lost city ottwineiatt story and pictures on second front three brealdns were reported tuesday night and are still under intensive investigation first reported was at ajax engineering when men coming to work at midnight discovered tha office had been ransacked noth ing was found to be missing entry was made through a window on tha south side at 3 am const bruce kress- ler discovered entry had been gained at blow press through a window the safe was partially opened and the pop cooler damag ed no loss could be detected then wednesday morning the third report showed a similar occurrence at the christian re formed church a window was broken an attempt made to break into the safe and pay phone here the wouldbe thieves ap parently had a cup ol coffee and cookies this incident was reported by phony 10 at eatons a counterfeit 10blil was found at the bank of montreal that had bean paid at eatons order office last week police are continuing their investigation only the one hill has been reported tba opp detachment report this weak that tha phoney 10had the serial number tt 2s31b3s and tha radial unas on the nose on the portrait of the quaen were missing- it appeand faded as if u hid been washed and lilt waxy acton detachment to mluon op p since the church is not in acton wtoag arte the next blood donors cunlc is march 11 not march 1 as re ported last week sunday afternoon skating at the community centre was pretty quiet reports arena manager harold townsley in spite of the fact there were well over 200 skaters the big improvement was messwise however mr townsley pins the im provement in behavior and lit tering to a reluctant edict eman ating from last thursdays meet ing of the parks and recreation committee tha litter half of the twohatted board decreed every one entering the arena for sun day afternoon skating would be charged admission loitering and misbehavior at tha sabbath skating sessions were traced to a lew teeners com ing in out of the cold to loiter and make trouble prior to sun day there was no charge if you werent skating some sundays tbered be 500 people in the arena 300 skat ing and 200 just standing around slopping the place up committee member art coop er agreed ive been there sunday afternoons be said whan the managers away and his assistants at the back they play hockey in the auditorium kick cups around and play uke monkeys on the coat bars only about 10 per cent of the spectators were raising holy simoleon the other 90 per cent behaved themselves the old saw about one bad apple in the barrel was cited as encouraging others to misbehave people getting in for nothing take tha enjoyment out of it for people payjajt their way sighed john goy chairman be pre pared for complaints if you charge everybody he agreed something had to be done a suggestion from mr cooper that spectators be charged the same price as the person they bring in received a nod of ap proval from most of the com mittee although vicechairman brendan aherne said it was a question of discipline being en forced or let go pouce have been called on more than one occasion this sea son to eject spectators from tha arena four offenders have bean barred from reentering for arena manager townsley and bis assistant don price it has been a tough course in babysitting they hope the new edict will halo smiles n chuckles what i mean is explained the insurance salesman to a be wildered prospect bow would your wife carry on if you should die well answered the farmer reasonably i dont reckon that is any concern of mine as long as she behaves her self white im alive immcs mom a ttmuw wre blamed for a fir which broke out- en the wooden shingle at tha farm house of mr and mrs gordon rognveldson km 4 acton tuesday at 1 1 30 am acton firefighters responded quickly and they kept the blaze restricted to the roof roy fcoanvaldaon dlacoverad tha fir and ha waa aided by don van fleet who waa passing by on no 35 highway staff photo