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CHARTER MEMBERS first regent and special guest at the Lakeside chapter of the I 0 60th anniversary banquet left to right charter member Watson first regent Emerald Count up the years ODE Page B10 Beardmore Page B12 Simmons national vicepresident Mrs Keegan charter member Stella Adamson and charter member Marguerite Taylor About 90 enjoyed a happy evening together NEW YEAR members of Beardmore Quarter Century club received gold watches Friday Left to right seated Abbott Conway Hector Lam Harold Harris Norman Price standing Harvey Lambert William Coker Herbert Draper Robert Sly was unable to attend About 200 attended the event at the Legion when long time employees were honored Hundred and Third YewNo 14 ACTON ONTARIO OCTOBERS Twenty Six Municipal complex is it being reborn Rotary gives new award Is the idea of a municipal complex bung reborn An expansion of Ihe Trafalgar municipal building in phases has been suggested Monday Halton Hills council approval a building com mi I tee recommendation that architect Don a special meeting October 18 to show his drawings or an ex panded municipal administration building The cost was estimated at nearly million met with the building committee which Is examining town space nteds on September and showed preliminary drawings for the addition to the Seventh Line building The drawings which included a new council chambers offices landscaping and refurbishing of the existing building were done In 1976 before a public outcry over the Idea At the met ling the committee review the floor plans and decided first consideration should be given to properly housing planning and engineering departments The idea of constructing expansion plan in two phases was discussed and deemed economically feasible When Hallford comes to council department heads will abo be present to discuss with council the need for proved municipal office space The cost of bringing Councillor Peter said the committee which t even elected a chairman was three or four steps ahead of itself in bringing to council He said the committee needs terms of reference and should complete tot of other work before examining plani Mayor Tom Hilt said was being brought to council so new councillors can see his plans isn t that much when compared with what we throw around here for other things Councillor Roy Booth noted there haven been enough members of the building committee meetings lo elect a chairman Hchasbeenservlngas interim chairman until one is elected He said the special council meeting will give council a chance to establish space needs and give the committee direction The old building committee which brought Hallford plans to council took a lot of shots Councillor Mike Arm strong said but at least it did something Hill emphasized the meeting was being called only so questions could be answered He noted committee is being shoved by staff to provide more space but if council t want the building all it has todo is say so Armstrong said building committee should decide about a municipal complex for itself and then send its reeom lo council instead buck passing and dumping the issue in council s lap A new scholarship has been instituted for a student of Acton high school Sponsored by the Rotary club the scholarship will recognize the work James Ledger did for the local Rotary club The James B Ledger scholarship will be presented at commencement by either Mrs Ledger or daughter Donna Ledger it will be awarded for general proficiency to a student con in a course related to business or commerce in college or university The high school staff will choose the recipient of the new award Parked cars in mishap A car was parked on Mill Street East with its engine running Friday evening It slipped out of gear and reversed across the street into another car which was also parked Police estimate damage lo the car owned by Reliable Taxi at while the vehicle by Donald Mclsaac R R sustained about in damages police say No golf course on Baron farm There will be no golfing on Ihe Baron farm at the corner of Highway and the Fifth Line The application has been withdrawn A letter from A ton who proposed building the golf course said his conditional offer on the land is now void since he was unable to obtain necessary permits in the allotted time He concluded with words of praise fdr council for his treatment and the conduct of the meetings Halton Hills planning board received the letter with no comment Provincial police body to sort radio snags Actonians request regional review A Ihreemonth delay in installation of equipment may force Regional Police to gel by with Its old communication system until the end of the year Chief Ken Skerrctt told reg police commission Thursday at Bell Telephone said they can I have the equipment ready The new equipment should be ready this month however January may be when it comts on line Skerrett said Chief Skerrett the Ontario Police Commission and Bell met yesterday to sort the dates out Needless to say it s put a wrench into our plans told the commission Chief Skerrelt expressed confidence in the new system The equipment is to go into the 600 room beside the police headquarters in Oak Construction of the I 100 square foot room finished in July When ihe new system comes on line one feature will let a policeman on the beat keep in ouch with other of ficers An officer on the street will still be in good cations with us chief Skerrell said Middle school program today Tonight Wednesday is Ihe official opening of the McKenzit Smith middle school The middle school includes grades six to and in the old Acton High School building Many changes hive been made to Ihe school for Ihe middle school operation and opening will include tours of the school Serjeanston says Four representatives of the for Action com met for two hours Monday morning with George Ash parliamentary assistant to provincial treasurer in Toronto Committee chairman Peter Norm Elliott and Swetmon presented their petition with the signatures of over people who requested a review of regional govern ment As well they took a legal official request for a review signed by over resident owners as required by the Bill 151 legislation This second list of signatures was assembled over the weekend to comply precisely with the formal wording of the legis lation which set up regional government It was a double barrelled thing commented spokes man Mr Elliott We could had a lot more names We received a sym pathetic hearing com Mr Papillon He explained the group talked for two hours Mr Ash whos also the M for Durham West said he hoped there would be an answer within a couple of weeks The group met in the Frost building of the Queens Park complex Our overall consensus was that we were satisfied with the reception we got from Mr Ash said Mr Elliott Mr Ash said he had experience In his own area with regional government and was under standing of their problems He questioned the men about their brief and asked about the background of the situation He listened with a pathetic ear a darn site more than we got from the re gional committee Mr Elliott said Teams that cant pay shouldnt use rink Santas coming to town Acton Sanln Claus parade will be held November 26 Hills council approved the Monday Skerrett says Police tower for north LOOK IT TICKS Lynn Noble shows off the watch she won in the Bank of Nova Scotia draw during the Acton Fall Fair Dave who presented the watch listens Draw promoted the banks hockey college The final words concerning a communications lower at Speyslde may have been spoken during the Hollon Regional Police Commission at Oakville Thur The words came from Police Chief Ken In response to a letter to the editor In the Free Press The letter signed by side resident Lloyd Sonkey implies the police communi cations tower is another dec made In the southern part of Region for the benefit of the south A copy of the letter was In the commission agenda Quarry expansions proposed garbage dumps expansion of electrical power lines and finally cation and TV towers are additional services to feed the needs of the heavily populated areas the letter states The tower at the rear of Speyslde school Is under construction and other residents opposed con of the tower at a Escarpment Com mission meeting with a The hearing was eld in August It was pointed out at the Inquiry that the tower was for use in the north chief said Teams like Gemlnis Raiders and Sabres who don pay their ice rental bills be allowed lo use the rink Ihe following year councillor Marilyn Serjeant son told Hills council Monday Her suggestion was rejected by council She called for the financial status of the two Junior and one Intermediate clubs to be assessed In May She said if a team owed outstanding debt the town or If an existing debt been substantially reduced the club shouldn be allowed to use the arena next winter Serjeantson made the suggestion after council approved a finance- administration committee recommcndalion reducing ice rates and hall rental fees Councillor Peter who was opposed lo Serjeant sons motion called it dynamite He said it would permanently drive the financially struggling teams out of business Mayor Tom Hill who supported the Idea noted one team Geminls owes the town money now and if they get deeper into debt it won matter because Ihey won t be able to pay off until hell freezes over Fire A cottage at Eden Mills belonging lo Mr Walker of Toronto was badly damaged by fire Tuesday night The fire broke about ently In Ihe furnace Rock wood firefighters were at the scene until midnight Serjeantson said if a team can t pay its bills It shouldn t be using tee lime which could be rented to someone else Council did pass a suggestion made by Coun citlor Pat that since ice rales were reduced for the teams the recreation department find other ways to cut costs He said the deparlmcnt is too top heavy in managers and staff cuts should be made Councillor Roy Booth was opposed to ice rates and hall rentals being reduced after the recreation department was told to make arenas operate on a break even basis McKcnzle said Halton Hills rinks have too much Tenders soon Tenders for construction of new senior citizen housing units on Elizabeth should be called soon Woman hurt A Maria Street resident was slightly hurt according to police when she was a passenger involved in a traffic accident Saturday morning on Maria Street Phylls of Maria St was slightly injured when the car Robert was driving was involved in a mishap with a second car The second vehicle which police say was parked Is owned by Allan Knlckle of Oshawa overhead compared to surrounding rinks which operate cheaper He sold town rinks are too top heavy in chiefs Councillor Peter Marks suggested this was because Gordon Memorial Arena runs year round and summer costs are subsidized by winter rates He said other forms or arena management should be examined Councillor Miller said reduced hall rentals for booster clubs were justified since they didn t cost a lot in the first place and if teams didn rent them they would remain empty The town should give the teams grants rather than cut rental rates Councillor George Maltby said He said if this was done the council and not recreation staff would be held responsible for rink deficits Councillor Peter Pomeroy said the teams should have the same ice rate as any other local adult group The fact teams have imports t change the fact either he said He noted the reduced rates would be the same as other adult groups pay an hour He said arena rooms wouldn be rented at all if teams couldn afford them Marks noted the town makes about profit on the canteens and this much couldn t be raised If the teams weren packing crowds into the rinks Booth said the teams t be treated like other adult groups when they ex to get Friday and Saturday night playing dates DRESSAGE CHAMPIONS don t eat their roses but True North does His proud owner Lorraine Stubbs indulges him After all he just won the Eastern Canadian Internation Championship and the Grand Prix at the Eastern Canadian Dressage Championships held this weekend at Rock Eden Farms Miss Stubbs establishment just north of Rockwood Roads passable despite rain Despite the three weeks of rain Halton Hilts works department had few serious problems with flooded roads Superintendent Frank said the men were grading steadily because of heavy rains but were pretty fortunate that nothing serious developed Further north in Erin town ship the sixth line was closed on the weekend because of washouts The region experienced some sanitary sewer backups A few trees came down on the fourth and eighth lines and in Georgetown during the past week as well There was some flooding on the fifth line but this was due to beaver not the rain The road was marked and was never Impassible A storm warning was set up Saturday by the Conservation Authority but the centre of the storm passed this area by and there were no major pro blems Mr said Work halted on Main and No highway reconstruction during the days of constant rain Grading was done regularly to even up the trlbution of mud