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The Acton Free Press Wednesday July20 1977 High estimates for hydro users People who do not makej their hydro meters for reading and fall to fill in the meter card are the target I of a new Acton hydro com I mission crackdown I Hydro superintendent Doug Mason told the commission at their monthly meeting day morning that meter readers have been having problems recently in the KlnghamRd townhouses He explained that some home owners have erected a fence right to the road and the readers cannot get into the back yards to read the meters Ifnooneisathome a card is left for the resident to fill In Chairman Wllf McEachcrn pointed out that under the power act the commission must have access to the meters during reasonable hours of the day It is Illegal to block off access he said Acting office manager said there are to 40 customers throughout the town who do not have cess to the meter and do not fill out the card left behind i She said these peoples bills arc totally guesswork and they make the estimates high However Mrs Louttct said there was one easel where hydro employees had not got in to see the meter in several years and estimates were done all the time When the residents moved em ployees got in and discovered that the estimates were low A bill was sent to their for warding addresses for close to but Ihe money was never received The commission decided to send each negligent person a registered letter saying from now on the estimates would be much higher than previous bills Mr McEachern said a person is not going to skip town if the commission owes them money A registered letter is also going to be sent to Con and inform him of the inaccessibility to the renders at some of the town houses especially in Phase Three Council says no to management study THEACTPN FREE PRESS Authorized at Second CUM Mail Postal Reg SAFETY AWARDS were presented to Indusmin Monday for the com s record of no lost time accidents for 1976 Jim safety superintendent for the company is flanked by George Cantwell yards superintendent and Jack Champoux superintendent Last time loss accident for the company was in School board Rejects calculator ban New youth centre proving successful Acton new youth centre meeting Tuesday and Friday evenings in the scout hall is doing very well according to Joanne VI let and attracting a core group of youngsters These same people are out every time she said Activities vary at the centre Friday nights they have been holding dances while last night they played baseball and told ghost stories They had Twilight a local group to perform at the first dance and for the second three of the teens acted as disc jockeys The centre is planning some with George town whose centre is also doing well Similar tions in Burlington and Milton have not been as successful Miss Vhclstra is asking parents for any Ideas they might hive for things for the group to do and says that money is needed for bus fares if the group ever goes out of town CONTINUES ALL SANDALS Clog Specials f SCROLLS leathers Man Woman I V and up J better BARE TRAPS and Women and up naturally Trustee Bert II call for calculators to be banned in elementary schools was rejected day by Board of cation also wanted high students who selected courses which require calm to buy the r own He said he tilkcd ith teachers and they all agreed with him that lators shouldn be used by elementary pupils thought students would find lunitics to use outside of class and the dec lo sue them be left to the lencher discre tion He said he could sec no benefit in the machines to pupils urging follow in them smoking blamed Careless smoking is blamed for fire in a Chester field last evening Acton chief Mick firefighters were tiled lo the home of Mrs Ken Milne Church St it m to extinguish flames in the sofa The of ture rnd to be irried out of the house to prevent flames from spreiding Mr Holmes estimates In damages to the Chester field He said there was nothing to the board I revise the policy in the future to if there idencc of student I Both he and Trustee Don thought calculators could he used in elementary sehools by hand icapped pupils thought use should be restricted per handicapped Trustee Helen Howard lck if he w fingers and toes cut off too since they were the nil She said know ng how to use will be basic skill students must know in the future Const ml use of calculators mental arithmetic skills Trustee I en rosier Trustees Bill Herd I Me ires both opposed the bin nee there is no art Trustee Maine Itiehm said the Iward needs a flexible policy like the one now lie used I use of until students have demonstrated in on wide tests they arc in arithmetic Barrier blocks driver view A Mill Street barrier ob structed the view of one led collision on morning at The car driven by David Logan 141 Main Street received about in damages police say A second car driven by Alex of Woodbridge took In damages police say In his own words Council lor Peter Morris fought a losing battle to have a management study done of the town operation He lost the battle at finance administration committee and lost It again Monday night at council He said council has not even gone as far as finding out the cost or setting the terms of reference Councillor Pete asked why finance ad ministration committee had asked several consultant to submit briefs on their back ground If they had no inten of proceeding and turned it down before even knowing Misunderstand midnight call hire Chief Mick Holmes blames a misunderstanding for a fire call put into the volunteers at two a Sunday morning Mr Holmes said a woman looked out her window and saw what she thought to be a brush fire She immediately called the fire department When firefighters arrived on the scene Mr Holmes said it turned out that the woman neighbor had been burning brush earlier in the evening an J when firt was safe went to tied The caller did not know everything was under control and pan eked when she saw the fire the cost Mayor Tom Hill suggested it go back to committee and consultants be interviewed to find out the cost Morris said no prices could be given until the terms of reference are decided by council and staff Councillor Mike Armstrong termed It waste of time to interview or set terms of reference when there was no Intention of doing anything about it Councillor Miller repeated his previous tion that there is not money in the budget for such a study and said people arc fed up with studies Councillor Walter agreed it would be a waste of money unless council agreed to abide by any recommenda tions He said In previous cases this had not always been the case We re just going around In circles They might recommend a new municipal building and then where would- we be commented Armstrong Morris claimed no reputable firm would make recommendations beyond the financial ability of the town Patterson took the opposite tack saying consultants do not take ability to pay into consideration He predicted a cost between 50 and for such a study Only Morris Maltby and Hill voted to send the matter back for review DAIRY FARMERS Our New Manager Jack Kyle 16 DAIRY METRIC TONNE BULK A DELIVERED LESS CASH 16 DAIRY PRODUCER METRIC TONNE BULK tf DELIVERED Pi LESS CASH TILL JULY 30th ONLY A MASTER FEEDS 8773512 CARELESS SMOKING is blamed for a fire in a chesterfield last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs Ken Milne Church St Gifts Cards MILL STREET EAST ACTON 8531730