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Esther Taylor retires after 27 years at library by Helen Murray She was the dumbest councillor there ever was thinks today full of crap Such are the op nions of colorful Esther Taylor who ret res at the end of this week from her post at Acton Library after more than years of service Her life has been full of a de of jobs and many most of which si prefers re main bur in the past She seen Acton change llbrar change and books change but all attest to the fact Esther never changes Born in Plymouth England Esther with her fam came Canadi at the of four years A year later they moved to Ac on Upon graduat on from Acton School Esther secured employment at Mason Kn before becoming a n operator for Bell Canadi a held for 15 years After th stint In 1958 Esther was asked to work for the Mercury and worked here for another year- At the same time she was a inger for the Toronto Globe and Mail and The Tele gram She to comment that she doesn miss chasing the f re truck the of the night or cover ng murders It was also Esther ret introduction to the I She started part time in 19j4 while it was housed the and also while work ng as a reporter female llor Esther is proud to say she lead the polls both t ran In lifil an But wiys she was smart enough not to run for a third time because I wouldn have been elected dog cat I was the dumbest councillor ever she declares I opened my b g mouth too much Those were the h days accord ng to Esther It was ght fight all the time She recalls the sewage system was being in those yeirs and all people did was complain All the streets were dug up and the town was a mess Council meetings regularly went into the early hours of the next day and no cration was pa d Her f year out of was the yea a token pay as offered One story which cropped up when Esther was a councillor which she is sure s still believed today by some Is the story of the alleged kickbacks Esther po out a certain person in town went around the of accept a kickback from a local Den were all but still the man persisted But says Esther if there was SID around 1 never saw any of She thinks anyone who believed the story of 30 years ago still to this day In sp to of the fact ildied a natural death As for her days in the I Esther has seen a lot of changes but now feels she must leave before even more changes take place She explains the age of computers is upon us and she wants no part of It Already Georgetown Is switching over and Aeton will soon be follow When she started as 1 in Esther was a month and making do facll ties at the They remained there until new Centennial library was bu It At one lime Esther said she knew who came into the I brary knew Ihelr tastes In books She also knew all authors names and could Judge what kind of a book ft was Todayhowever Authors arc a dime a dozen everyone Is wr ting a book she says A lot of the stuff is utter crap it wont live Today wr have no standards si says For the library struggles to anything lewd obscene If the shelves The raciest book in those days was Peyton Pi ce which the I never d procure These days she complains book they tell you When regional government was born so was the position of library clerk Suddenly all the were clerks leaving librarian title to those with post secondary education In library stud Also with regionalize lion was the expansion of the children programs offered by The town of Acton only offered story hour Now they of fer a wide variety of programs from crafts to ploys The idea Is to eatch them young There are about cards out Esther says but some of these people are Inactive Even so she says s tries to get to know as many people as possible and eventually can help them to pick a book they might like Library Board policy says an employee must retlreattleageofGS but can ask for a year sexten Esther asked lost year and it was granted but now feels it is time to go She won the die In her retirement though Continued on Pago library week A Metro land Community Newspaper One hundred and seventh year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Pages 7k Cents Images of 81 Happier days he Yugoslav Centre opened south of Acton last summer Noise complaints from neighbors and violation charges have left centre In a storm of controversy When Regional Police were guests of honor at a Knox Presbyterian Church service this year CWet James Hording delivered the sermon pledging his force will work hard to become part of the Acton community The family or the late Gary Hawkins was on hand along with painter Ton Gibson Tor tie unveiling of this portrait of former Z Bennett and cKentlc Smith principal at a special night of tributes to the educator In April Joe Hurst wrote the history of Branch 197 as the Acton Legion celebrated its anniversary Pot Bay and I lla Atkinson were thrilled was president for port of this historic year in the Provincial lottery In Kellar remanded until January 18 Eric Howard Kellar charged with first degree murder in connection with the October stabbing death of Colleen Oates In Acton appeared In Provincial Court Milton yesterday Tuesday and was remanded until January IB when a date will be set for the preliminary hearing Fred attorney for Kellor told WS the Crown does not have its brief completed and asked for the remand will be held In custody at Detention Centre explained later that the pre liminary hearing will probably be set for February was under police guard as he was brought into the court room for his second appearance since the killing Mrs was murdered In her Bower Ave home October her two children slept nearby Her husband Kevin was at work at lime Kellar was arrested October In Pickering and charged with the murder He has been in Mental Health Centre since his first court appearance Previously he was held in cells at the Georgetown police station and at Hamilton Went worth Detention Centre Snow writes Doberthien Legislation in spring for disabled parking Responding to a four month appeal to politicians by local resident Lome to Improve parking requirements for the disabled Minister of Transportation and Communications Jim Snow has pledged to see that legislation Is brought In by the province this spring Snow followed up his meeting with and Julian Reed earlier this month with a letter to the local man reviewing what they discussed and what action will be taken Snow said ho has been able to examine the material about the prob lems of the handicapped as they relate to parking which Doberthien left with him and said he will be following up this matter with my senior officials as soon possible The licence plato system will be changed likely In and Snow reiterated his suggestion that at the time a special plate de signating a vehicle Is used by someone handicapped should bo available upon application Snow says he will also Investigate where a sample provincial bylaw requiring handicapped parking at government buildings recreation facilities and shopping centres which municipalities could enact now stands It was Impossible he explained to have any legislation changing existing regulations ready for introduction to the legislature before the Christmas recess However Snow promised to bring amendments up at cabinet early in 1962 and they could be In the spring legislation package Doberthien said he couldn t ask for more than a pledge to bring In leg station by next spring Snow stand have parking Improved for the hand capped Everything possible will be dona to implement your suggestions Snow concluded Boy hit Christmas Eve A fiveyearold boy was Injured when he was struck down on Mill St at the intersection of Wright Ave on Christmas Eve Mark Goodwin of Wright Ave was attempting to cross Mill St and stepped In front of a pick up ruck driven by Robert Nolan of Acton at about 11 a m Thursday morning The boy was standing at the northeast corner of Wright Ave and Mill St and stepped in front of an easlbound vehicle which was unable to stop In time to avoid an accident He was taken to Acton Medical Centre with a bump to his head by his mother Maureen Goodwin The driver of the truck was not charged inside in stories and photos on pages Faces In the news seepages