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Whopp plurality Reed renews his mandate to represent HaltonBurlington When Liberal Julian Reed goes back to Queen Park he 11 have a stronger mandate from the people of Burlington than he had when he was first elected months ago The whopping plurality of 3 votes forms a definite contrast with the margin of less than voles that put Heed in office in September 197 when he topped Tory and NDP Bill Johnson in the new riding of Burlington The new riding had formed parts of and East and those two ridings had been repa by cabinet ministers George Kerr Jim Snow both PCs Unit i their management the dings were both con safe ridings and likely to move from the Tory ranks But when redistribution came into effect and Snow chose to run in the fray was open to the Thursday results have been described as a stun victory for the Lib erals The plurality is greater than the predictions of even the most optimistic liberals The official results show Heed with 13 Gray with III and Bill Johnson with j98 fn spite of one of the liveliest election cim piigns in the area for some time the percentage vote is down by three per Lint from last lime Sixty nine per cent of all of the eligible votes in the riding exercised their franchise TilkinL to reporters at his riding headquarters lately after the results were in Thursda Heed was say the election represented defeat for Premier Bill Davis We all along he could lose two ways one in the numbers game again in terms of his own person It will be interesting lo see what now Politicil pundits hive said the before the results would be to all three party leaders There is no shortage of people ind willing to take i it the Tory Some s i that ivis CONGRATULATIONS are extended to returned Julian Reed Thursday night by jubilant Acton supporters Pete Papillon Mr and Mrs to return mujorih might decide that three rule for the seeond time in campaigns is leader is quite two elections could hasten his enough Smith is the lemovil from the premiers big winner moving his lib office back up from third lo Stephen lewis second place After in in Roy and Mr and Mrs Ralph Dennv Heed exhausted and suffering from flu left the early weik stirt Smith minted strong fin sh campaign took its toll on of three Hilton Burlington in Inks Bill Johnson rushed the campaign on crutches and a and Julian Heed had to take a off during the last leg of the campaign when a irking cold and case of flu forced him to bed The situation caused Reed to refer to Tory hopeful George Gray as the bianlc man Only Gray got through the fray without sickness or injury Reed best support came from the urban areas lie scored marginal victories in north Burlington and Milton Acton Georgetown and were the areas where Reed really made his gains Gray suffered losses In his home town and even In his neighborhood polling station Gray best showing was in the Burlington end or the rid ing where he came a close second to Reed polling 2 414 compared to by Reed Johnson was disappointed with his showing in the urban areas He had felt he was well known as an activist and on environmentalist In the urban areas of the region But even after the urban results came in there was to be no joy for Johnson After a strong showing In 1975 John son and his workers were looking for substancia gains but Instead his popular support at the polls trailed off Continued on Page MRS MARY DEVRIES sits surrounded by three generations of Her daughter is Mrs Mary DeHaan her granddaughter is Mrs Mary Ann Chagnon and her great granddaughter is Anne Mane Chagnon Trie four generations were all together at the home on line Sunday for the picture One Hundred and Second YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 Pages Cents Donates land for Catholic high school Barbecue street dance stalls set for Back to Acton Days barbecue street dance Mill parts of Willow will might become and bind concert are some of be blocked off on Thursd i the events planned for the June July 1 and On the the fire unique Back to Acton Days July for an ex fighters ire their lined up by Ihe Acton citing variety of events The derby big Business Association Most of new hopes the rks d sjil ij in the park Ssm Overnight parking rejected Hilton Hills works com decided Monday night not to review the three hour overnight parking by law ivinStrachencamc to the committee com plaining the by 1 and asked hat resident can do if don have enough room for parking on their properly He said he got ticket two months for parking on the street so the three family cars are kept in the driveway Ittcently he got a ticket for blocking the sidewalk while others irked on the street over sinew ind on bonk irdsdidn Ik cm the re ison police wondered whit councillors surest he do the irking problem Band have igreedtoplay a concert some time the weekend times of the barbecue ind street dance have not yet been firmed up either There will be games out stalls and other special blocking off of Mill is modified so no business will suffer Council has ap proved blocking off Mill from the tracks lo the main corner Willow from Mill up to the town hall The restorillon of the town hall will provide a timely theme for the promotion Land for a Catholic school and for the first Catholic high school north of Five Highway has been donated to Separate School Board Reg Green George town the president of Developments told this newspaper the company donated acres of land on the east side of Highway two miles south of Acton to the Separate School Board because he fee la strongly there Is a need for a Catholic He said he thinks Catholic high schools give more 1 1 on to the youth and feels re training should not be overlooked He said it would benefit both Protestant and in he area by re lieving pressure on existing high schools and lower the of necessary schools since land would be there when it is needed Hartley Hills representative on the Separate School Board said the board accepted it grate fully but emphasized this does not mean building would start immediately He said an elementary school could be three lo five years in the future and a high school as much as ten years away Sherk said the site even could be used as a high school serving Georgetown Acton and Milton He pointed out the enrolment must be there first and Ihe provincial grants available Chantonbury Developments owns acres in the area donated to the Separate School Board and hopes to build estate homes in the area Mr is also holding another six acres in the event future ex of playing fields the proposed high school is needed in the future The plans for the estate homes have not been dis cussed at Hills plan ning board but Mr Greensaid he hoped to approach the board by the end of the Services Centre may share Y office space Colie MacColl says 40hour work week good for health IT S SCHOOL TRIP time EIke Zeissig a grade 7 student at Z Bennett sits on a spoke shaver making dowhngs at the Saint Mane among the near Midland last week Sixty one students and eight chaperones went to the Georgian Bay tourist area on a camping trip- historical tour For more pictures and full story see the Youth Page in the second section Get estimates improve park Hills works com mittee directed the engineer staff to do cost estimates on improvements to a part of Prospect Pork Councillor Peter Marks asked for the improvements Monday night He said a small portion of the park at the foot of Elmore Drive which is used only for access to the park being tnkencareof properly Marks suggests the whole area be levelled and seeded a vert built In a ditch there Deputy engineer Ted Bollinger said the area is Inaccessible to the town big lawn mower so it t malm very well He predicted it might cost as much as 2 500 to make all the Marks requested Marks said the town would be critical if a private resi dent allowed his property to look like that Severances Regional land division committee granted two ap plications for severances in the Acton area Tuesday night in the Ninth Line town offices One application was by the estate of Lome Mosaics In care of Mrs Jean on part of lot on registered plan The second application was by Joseph Russell and Mary Perry of the east half of lot on the Third If working youdic This is the belief that motivates year old Colin telle of Acton to continue working hours a week as a custodian when by rights he should be leading rcstfullifeofanOntario But Mr MacColl wants no part of the retirement drome If I was to quit working I d die within six weeks he said And I don I like living too much In fact he said I feel better now than I did years ago I m hoping As far as Mr MacColl is concerned his current hour a week job is hardly a heavy workload When f was young I used to clock into work at 4 a m and clock out at p he recalled I did that for well over 15 years because times was hard back then and you had to make a living somehow Born in Scotland in Mr came to this country as a red headed lad of eight with his parents three brothers 1914 He quit school at the age of 13 to work at the old iron foundry in Guelph He stayed there until the foundry was shut down in leaving Mr MacColl unemployed for the first time in his life at the age of So to support his late wife Mary and Ihelr three sons Ken Bill Colin Jr Mr MacColl took a job as caretaker at Robert Little and M Bennett Public Schools in Acton These he remembers as among the best years of his life I loved working with the kids around me he smiled You know I used to play soccer with the pros when I was teenager Guelph the school kids used to ask me to kick the soccer ball around the soccer field with them It was great fun But Mr played a game of soccer for the past six years In when he turned Colin MacColl was informed he would have to retire from his job as school custodian I didn I feel like retiring though Mr said Just because I was dldn mean I up to working Consequently the grandfather of six went out job hunting and was hired to do cleaning and maintenance work for the Dills Printing Company He been doing the custodial work at the Dills newspaper offices In Acton Mil ton and Georgetown ever On weekends and during spare hours Mr keeps busy looking after some his Fairy Lake home I got my first pair of homers when I was II years old and I ve accumulated the others during Ihe past Mr oil ilsoenjoys travelling He been back to Scotland twice since 1971 and is currently planning a twoweek trip to northern Saskatchewan to visit one of his sons Acton Community Service Centre could expand its premises into the front of the town offices in the building on Mill St if Hills council accepts a recom men dot ion from finance- administration committee The rent for the town of fices would be raised from to a month with the Community Services Centre paying of the rent Councillor Peter Marks explained the proposal to the committee presented drawings of the area The Community Service Centre would use about one- third of the present town offices to the left of the front door The area would nclude the office of coordini or Terry Grubbc and a roor which would be used as a counselling room and community meet ing room These facilities are presently in a more cramped space in the M C A The town offices would still be to the right of the area The board has approved the changes in the building and the Community Services Centre board also agreed to the expansion Renovations to commodate the Community Service Centre arc estimated between and and Marks said region is prepared to cover the costs with a grant Partitions will be erected Marks said the present lease for the town offices was negotiated ten years ago and pays far approximately 1 square feet plus ties To feed ducks next winter NEXT WEEK IS Senior Citizens Week One of their number who is still working hard at age 71 is Colin Colie In spite of his years Mr works hours a week as a custodian and upon returning home to his Fairy Lake residence the grandfather of six looks after some 240 homing pigeons Monday Hills works committee decided to feed Actons ducks again next winter Councillor Pat McKenzle suggested the committee what will be done about the ducks next winter in the spring for a change instead of waiting until the fall when options are reduced Both Councillor Les Duby and Mike Armstrong said the town should fallow last year plan which saw the ducks kept outside and fed and nothing more wondered if the town should contact the to have an expert deter mine how many ducks arc too mony for the lake to sustain Both and Armstrong said it appears there are fewer ducks this year but said that was impossible to Bay for certain since the ducks arc spread out more this year said the town should follow last year plan unless there are objections reports they had problems with the ducks in open water near their plant Councillor George said an area of water near the poultry barn should be kept free of ice but the committee noted many people are worried about a child drown ing if that Is done also thought if the town penned up the ducks during migration season that council wants kept the rest would fly away and more wouldn keep stopping and staying In Acton on their way south McKenzle said there is no question the ducks can fly since they are all over town now and are eating people s flowers and garden vege tables He explained the has trouble covering the budget He reviewed the recreation program being run in the The committee decided to renew the agreement with the for three years at a month plus utilities The re maining 110 would be paid by the Community Services Centre Under the agreement all taxes on the Murray Mem A building are paid by the town however the building has never been tax able Under proposed legislation the building could become taxable so financead ministration committee added a clause saying the rent would be renegotiated if the building becomes taxable Parks disaster Morris Town cemeteries look like on English country garden but the parks arc a disaster Councillor Peter Morns told Hills finance ad ministration committee Monday nicht He asked town does any weed spraying Treasurer Ray King said he dldn t know but did know the town had a spray liability insurance policy Morris said he had heard Ihe Recreation Director say pirks had improved but said he would like to know where Councillor Peter Marks said Prospect Park in Acton looked much better than last year He said the contact with parks maintenance crew seemed to be nebulous