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j- ir ninetyfirst yearn6 29 acton ontario thursday january 13th 1966 second section staff photo nassagaweya school board members were installed into office for 1966 monday janu ary 10 as they joined with the township council for inaugural ceremonies shown in front are the new chairman horace blythe and board secretary aars b fletcher standing behind- are trustees- dr c l young john mcphail and claude inglis the fifth member ar thur gibson was absent when the photo was taken lvsu it zs za nassagaweya council grants 10 per cent raises increases in pay of about 10 per i the possibility of setting up a j scale for salaries and for increas es would be considered early in the new year ployces of the township of nas sagaweya when township coun cil reviewed the salaries of its em ployees at its inaugural meeting of 1966 on monday although all members agreed that annual in creases are a good thing there was a general concern about the size of the raises deputyjrceve william hoey sug- geslcr i dont question the need for increases but i wonder if we are giving enough of a raise and if wc arc going about it irx the right way i think were doing this en ti relytoo haphazardly there needs 16 be more study than just picking figures ourof a hat reeve william coulter explain ed that at present the township didnt have a- salary scale but the basic salaries and increases are usually based on a slightly lower figure that that used at the coun ty levels alter discussing the problem at great length it was understood that increases in the general area of 10 per cent would be granted this year and it was hinted that i township road department em ployees were put into three class es grader operators truck driv ers and laborers grader operat ors received a raise to j2 per hour while truck drivers were raised to 190 per hour and labor ers are to receive j170 per hour it was also agreed to pay time and a half for overtime over the or dinary 45 hour week speaking for overtime for the road depart ment employees councrhor mrs anne macarthur said i dont think id like to be out to mid night and after for much less than 3 an hour and i dont think those men should have to either assistant clerk mrs v cochran received a 275 raise and town ship clerk j c maclntyre receiv ed an increase of 400 plus ah ad ditional 100 per year for car al lowance bringing his car allow ance figure for the year to 500 it was decided to review recently- appointed mac andersons salary alter he completed six months as assessor again this year it was agreed that the reeve deputy- reeve and councillors would re ceive 15 per meeting road de partment superintendent grant mcmillan was also granted an increase of about 10 percent the first lady councillor in nas sagaweya township history mrs anne macarthur was one or five members of council who took the oath or office for the 1966 term at the inaugural meeting of town ship council on monday mrs macarthur returning councillors ross gordon and wil liam mahon newly elected depu tyreeve william hoey and- re turning revive william coulter took the oath of office adminis tered by township clerk j c maclntyre rev w a lecman of ebenezer united church read the traditional inaugural meeting prayers councillor takes oath aweyas 1966 inaugural in his first address to the new council reeve coulter welcomed mrs macarthur and deputyreeve hoey to council returning to office for a third term mr coul ter indicated i anticipate a great many problems this year and also the completion of a great many projects he hoped for the completion of the townships centennial project and also for the service road that- might facilitate traffic to the guclph line urges cooperation jrcevj coulter anticipated pub lic hearings would he called to discuss the plunkett report re gional needs study for halton and peel counties and hoped council would have concrete ideas to present concerning the report he urged the cooperation be tween council the nassagaweya school area board and the plan ning board- in closing mr coulter said as sessment in the township had increased 182000 in 1 1965 and that it would possibly hncrease even more during the nbxl year but he noted increased assess ment brings an increase- in prob lems oaths for trustees about 20 ratepayers attended the meeting and also saw the clerk administer the oath of of fice to horace blyth john mc phail and claude inglis members s of the public school board for the township school area of nas- sagaweya who were acclaimed to office for a tvoyear term after the swearingin ceremon ies council met until 12 noon and then adjourned for lunch at 130 council reconvened and the meet ing continued until well after l pm gordon agnew of campbellville attended the complete meeting and recorded all the conversation on a- l i motel building permit largest tn 610750 for nassagaweya a proposed service station mo tel complex to be constructed at an approximate cost of 200000 accounted for the largest single building permit to be issued in the township of nassagaweya during 1965 the total value of the jjjrmits issued during the year was 610750 and is believed to be the second largest irjthe townships history exceeded on ly by the 1962 total of 1715625 which included a permit for mo hawk raceway nassagaweya briefs the acton free press business and editorial office phone 8532010 founded in ims and published ever thilradiiy lit 0 wlllnw st acinn onturlo mftnbcr of the audit bur eau of cirrulatlonk the c w na and own a advertisinc rates on request subscriptions payable in ridvanee 400 in canada 700 in all countries other than canada slnclc copies 10c authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa advcrttutnb is accepted on the condition that in uieevent of typographical error that portion of the advertisinc apace occupied by the erroneous item toccthcr with reasonable allowance for signature will not be charted for hut the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate in the event of a typographical error advertisinc hoods or eivlces at a wrong puce goods or services may not be sold adcrtislng u merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time rubllshed ky lk dills rrlntlnr ant robluhlm g a dills edllorinchiei david r dills managing editor copyright ibm ca hit during their marathon five and onehalf hour inaugural meeting for 1966 monday nassagaweya councillors agreed to renew membership- in the ontario good roads assoc iation for 1966 renewed mcmbeiship in the ontario association lor rural municipalities received requests from the canadian menial health associa tion the muscular disfrophy as sociation and the canadian medic alert foundation for considera tion of grants from the town ship councillors decided to re frain from making any decision concerning the grants uniil a list of associations receiving grants from the- county can be obtained learned approval had been granted for grants totalling 1138 from the federal and provincial governments as therr share to wards a phase of nassagaweya s centennial project the grants covered improvements to be made at parks in eden mills and camp bellville previously grants had been approved for a park site ad jacent to the new m un i c i p a 1 building in brookvillc instructed- the clerk to send a letter to thank rev w a leh man of ebenczcrehurch for hfs kind words at our inaugural meet ing agreed to have road depart ment employees paid every two weeks with the work week to end on wednesdays authorized the borrowing of s125000 at an interest rate of 6 per cent to cover expcditurcs unliltaxes arc received heard councillor mrs anne macarthur report im about to investigate the blasting damage being done by quarries in the township the new councillor suggested considerable damage- has been caused by blasting and reported when all the complaints have been tabulated well have enough proof to try to have some thing done about this instructed the clerk to send a letter of appreciation to dr and mrs b d young for the lovely oil painting which they donated to tjie new township builaing congratulated clerktreasurer j c maclntyre for his hard wohgk which resulted in cutting dowit on the tax arrears within the township jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks cinder blocks sand livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire concrete brick clay brick stone fully insured pcv class fs ft f acton phone 85j30730 some of the largest building projects in the township in 1965 included the addition to brook villc school the construction of the 50000 township administra tion building the construction of the new campbellville post of- ficc several residences and hljiv pump house for the town of mil ton in the kelso conservation area high month although details on the ser vice station motel complex have not yet been finalized a permit for the project was is sued in october permits with a total value of 217850 including the figure for the complex ac counted for the highest monthly total of the year permits foe the year are as follows january 27000 febru ary nil march 47500 april 26000 may 83000 june j97600 julv 52700 august 38700 september 20400 octo ber 217850 november 7500 december 700 silverwood kingdom half holds services regularly 7 kingdom hall erected by mem bers of jehovah witnesses has been holding services- for about six months though it is not yet dedicated it is built on noj 7 highway near the limehousc sicle- road the services are conducted like school classes with mr mel tjay- lor as congregational servant mr- geqrge cornete assistant and mr george mumby as a top officer in 90th year mrs hannah dufficld died in toronto january 1 after a long illness in her 90th- year her son mr fredtuffield is a district resident snowfall silvcrwood district received 6 inch snowfadl on friday auui xnoto thehrst woman councillor in nassagaweya township iii3tory7ars anne mdcarthur took a seat af township council on monday aars macarthur and-dcputyreeve- william hoey are the only newcomers to council and they learned on monday just how long meetings can be members sat through more than five and a half hoursof discussion at the inaugural meeting shown seated are deputyreve hoey and mrs macarthur standing behincfare councillor wtlttap mafiori reeve wi lira rtf coulter councillor ross gordon and township derk j c mac- ihtyrfe planning appointments bring heated discussion deer dies another deer met its fate on- highway 401 on the weekend when it ran across thc road and collided with an orangeville mans car near campbellville the acci dent caused 300 property- dam age and the deer was killed pttfieaauhal hifectctlf and travellers- guide medical dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts lntiancc river st acton ont phone 8530341 bv appointment dr robert d buckner physjcian and surgeon 39 wellingtonst acton on afternoons by appointment closed wed sat evenings phone 8531240 dr t b moore dr c hutchison physicians and surgedns 2 main street north corner main and mill street acton ontario phone 853 2180 by appointment t legal s c f leatherland qc barrister and solicitor notary public c f lcathcrland ba qc bart j maydah ba llb note new address main st n phone 8531330 otticc hours mon to fri 9 am to 5 pm dental optometrists dr a j buchanan dernl surgeon oil ice 90 church st e office hours 9 am to 6 pm closed wednesday afternoon telephone 8531750 sat 9 am to 12 noon architect a braida ba barrister solicitor notarv public 173 main st 8531160 of f ice hours in acton monday friday evenings 6 pm 9 pm saturday 1 pm 5 pm 28 paislev st guclph ontario phone ta 42242 office hours in guelph saturday 9 am 12 ajn daily 9 am 5 pm dr cedric dey dental surgeon suite no 3 h in ton bldg 17a mill st e acton ont lor appointments phone 8531300 e l buchner od optometrist 6 john st s actpn in acton wednesdays only 200 pm 600 pm for appointment phone 8531041 it no answer phone waterloo 7428867 travellers guide gray coach lines appraising and insurance donald e skinner barch mraic miltstreet suite 2 acton telephone 8532740 office hours by appointment i7a 20 stavebank rd port credit 27342 auctioneer frank fetch auctioneer and evaluated 30 chapel street e georgetown telephone 8772s64 f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone 853720 appraiser and insurance over 50 vyears in acton v chiropractic donald j armstrong dc chiropractor x ray 448 woolwich street phone guelpb 8227721 arthur a johnson od 184 main st milton phone 8789972 res 8789678 tuesday afternoons thursday evenings friday mornings- blrector phone 8530350 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgr use free press classified ads for selling coaches leave acton standard time eastbound 633 am daily except sun and hoi 854 am daily ex ccpt sun and hoi express 858 am 1133 am 208 pm 504 fri sat and sun 508 pm 623 pm 833 pjn 1008 pm sun and hoi westbound 737 am daily except sun and hoi 1027 am pm 257 pm 527 pm pm 912 pm 1132 pjn am sat only planning is the most import ant thing to take place in nas sagaweya this year deputyreeve william hoey charged at the inau gural meeting of nassagaweya council on monday and set the slage for more than an hour and one half of discussion on appoint ments to he township planning board a combined suggestion from the two new members of the council deputyreeve hoey and council- lormrs anne macarthur that the planning board membership be increased from four to six mem bers was approved coun mac- arthur pointed out there are five voting regions in the township and suggested each region should be represented on the planning board members of council after a brief discussion agreed to in crease the size of the board but and bill lowriewas appointed lor a orieyear term councillor macarthur express ed great dissatisfaction with the action and the results tinned in by the 1965 planning board and said fresh blooc was needed on the board to spur it to greater achievements deputyreeve i joey also took shots at the 1965 board and said i dont think it did good job mr hoey was displeased with the decision of tlie 1965 council to hire professional planners it a cost ol 5900 and said we need people from nassagaweya with an interest in planning not pro fessional people i nini toronto he said the increase in the size of the planning board would give better representation to each area and suggested the increased size would also promote better co operation between the planning when it came to appointing mom hers there was a great clillerence hoard and council of opinion i reeve coulter agreed lo the in new members crease in the size of the group but said it was important to have a reasonable balance t new alcx ncara member of the i board in 1965 has still txvo years l to serve dml stuart cramp also a member in 1965 has one more year to scive alter many suggest- i ions had been forwardcd maurice newton ami gordon agnew were j appointed to the board for three year terms 1965 planning board j chairman grant campbell was re appointed tor a twoyear term members with old member although he agreed with tin- need lor rcyfviniblo- b iiiik e mi htiev reported i- cant sec ap pointing persons lor three veils who have done nothing lull iiise 109 objections from ratepayers appointments to council com mittees lor the year were road committee councillors hoey gor don property find building coun cillors gordon hoey assessment and planning councillors mahon macarhlur finance md welfare councillors macarthur and ma hon personnel and office admin istration hoey and gordon pro- pert v and building councillors gordon and hoey more uelegiitcs other appointments were hand led very quickly and without disa- greement they included duncan molfil to the acton districthigh school board tor one year reeve coulter to the halton region con- scrvalion authority for one year reeve coulter councillor mahon ken moore lcn andrews doug agnew c i ytiiing and claude inglis to tlie campbellville com munity centre commit tec char les thomson anil 1 amilne lo the acton fire area hoard a r ser vice to the milton fire area board mil riss arheii lo the milton dislriit mikii school board pcivv imifri hi vary nut nelson howatd unv vippouiteil pound keepeis 1 k parsons and arthur niorrish wciciijvpiiiiteirjvsiolc insu toi s sruilcv niorrish was- appninld m linol iltciidiiu e in- spci i or iiid i i ns tallies ro- tci i son inn cm dicdgc and char- tcs iaslv wcic miiiitd tu c view ers 3 sat 1237 121 103 auxiliary selects projects or year golden age club entertains over 60 members from guelph canadian national railways standard time eastbound 650 am to toronto daily mon to fri 730 pm to toronto sun day only westbound 1214 am to stratford daily except sunday 631 pm to strat- ford daily mon to fri change at guelph for london- etc the january meeting fit thr acton auxiliary to the north hal ton association for the mentally retarded wavhcld at the home of mrs robert louttet on tlun-s- dav ewning january president mrs louttet in the chair welcomed a new member to the group minutes of the pre viou meeting in december were i readand the liiiancial statement given j plans lor the coming years i imul raising projects ucre clis- ciisecl and arrangements are j well on the way with a rtimmigc and opportunity sale in april and bake sale in june with a draw sometime in the fall the travelling apron was to be located and one member was ap pointed to start the apron in cir culation for donations acknowledgement- and receipt with sincere thanks was received from the acting superintendent f crawford jones md for the ontario hospital school orillia fora christmas parcel sent by the acton auxiliary lor their adopted boy the acton golden age club j members wert hosts to the i guclph golden age cliib at then regular afternoon meeting thurs- i dav january r in the y mca i 1 building over 60 visitors arrived accompanied by their assistant i recreation director jj l- davidson president warm iv welcomed tlie visitors and t fie meeting opened with the theme i song the more we get iogcthci 1 the happier well he mrs hewittson president t the guclph club led their rhythm- band in pleasing renditions ol p i oveistlie waves and home on the range robert winton at the- piano and robert olliri on the mouth organ pleased all with i a duet master macgraw and i were brought back to play be lieve me if all those endearing young charms guelph skit the guelph club put on a hilar ious skit the old grey mare mrs ballanrine gave a mono logue on her experiences in the partv bv the inrlpli club lo the tunc seeing nellie home again brought down tlie house in roars ot laughter recites poetry tytiv wnpds surprised all with ins rrmarkahlt memory and scot tish accent as he recited robert hums icngtliv pinin cotters saturday night and was tailed bu k to icule flic hiirnuig ot the ilii ire hell charlie cutis told sonic yarns in ins own wiltv way and led in the singing ot jo you ken john el i in ilntlitn ivnul played star ol the i ast till lowed bv abide uith me and all loining in sing ing mrs hewittson spoke briefly thanking the acton dub lor an eniovablr alternonn the program closed with the queen fuclrrr and rokinolc social chat and reminiscing followed as old friendships were renewed and new friendships made a lovely lunch was served by the big city and was encored back to j kitchen committee then as eve- give another age is a state of j ning was approaching friends re- mind another jkit lite quilling luuaiitly jaid au revoir