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ninetyfirst year no 52 acton ontario thursday june 23 1966 authorized as second class mnll by the- post office department ottawa twelve pages ten cents first centennial show at high school tuesday fair board ladies will don trailing skirts ruffled waists and plumed chapeaux on the weekend when they sell tickets in town to actons first centen nial show portraits of the past will feature costumes which bring our nations history to life at the high school next tuesday evening the costumes for the show arrive monday from the ontario centennial planning branch so the members of the board are rummaging in their own attics to parallel some of the gowns that will be spotlighted in the only show of its kind ever held here after the costumes arrive a speedy dress rehearsal will be held while a list of sizes pre ceded the actual shipment of the recreated gowns a full list of possible models will be on hand to determine whose shape will give her the role of madame champlain laura sccord adel aide hoodless the wife of a prime minister or even good old queen victoria youngest model required is a young girl about eight years of age costumes scripts and music all come from the centennial planning branch of the govern ment its expected programs like this and the costumes themselves will spark even more interest in the connvtfyv big birthday party next year patterns are to be available for making costumes like the ones that will be shown in the pro gram here mrs jim mcculioch will be commentator tuesday and mrs norm turner will play the pi ano there will be 39 costumes adapted from old pictures sket ches and engravings two people come with the show the costume coordinalor mrs thelma morrow and stage manager bruce elder mr elder will be in charge of special ef fects this complete packaged fash ion show includes models in homespun and buckskin to laces and velvets equalized assessment up to 306235508 haltons 1966 tax levies to its seven member municipalities will be based on a total taxable county assessment total of 306 235508 memberi of halton county council learned tuesday as they approved the annual equalization of assessment by law actons share will be 237 per cent ol the total the taxable assessment this year represents 19286427 or 672 per cent increase over last year assessments in 1965 arc counted for 1966 taxaton in presenting his annual re port haltons new assessor ro bert beach pointed out the 1965 population of halton was 142- 109 an increase of over 6550 open tenders for library on jane 29 tenders for actons proposed centennial library will be open ed at a special meeting of acton council next wednesday eve ning june 29 it is hoped by keen supporters of trie library project that some clt liens will attend the meeting to show their concern in rectifying the inadequacies of the present lib rary accommodation since the construction of the attractive new building by the school creek is not heavy house contractors have been contact ed to tender on the plans the proposed site has been approv ed and soil tests indicate build ing there would be no problem the library project was chos en over several others when rep resentatives first discussed how acton would mark canadas birthday several sets of specifications have been provided by the town and architect for prospective tenderers several charges on weekend on the weekend acton 0pp detachment had several cases ol minors drinking four milton ouths were charged as well as an acton man friday night an acton man was arrested lor providing li quor to minors and saturday the lour milton ouths were charged for confining while under age constable mcrvin harness laid the milton charges and constable bruce mcaithur the acton one on sundav constable nick farion laid a charge against ait outoltovvn motorist for having liquor in other than his losiil- ciice the sunshine school had i closing pmgiani mondav and closing picnic tuesday staff photo cattle moved over in line to listen to the panel discussion at the chamber of commerce ruralurban night tuesday at aael mcculloughs farm probably what caught their sudden at tention was the suggestion farmers demands might receive more government attention if the farmers refused to producel panellists are 4h club leader nino braida district dairy farm er walter linham ag rep henry stanley and moderator norman braida over the previous year for a 483 per cent population gain he praised local assessors for their work and pointed out that in his spot checks on local as sessments they were found to be within a range of 30 to 34 per cent of the 1965 market value a range this close points out the excellent work being ac complished by the assessment departments in the countys municipalities he noted the assessment figures on which 1966 taxation for county purposes will be levied is as follows acton 7252411 assessment for 237 per cent burlington 123349740 assessment for 4028 per cent georgetown 16207- 923 assessment for 529 per cent milton 9851928 assessment for 322 per cent oakville 134021- 943 assessment for 4376 per cent esquesing 11035880 as sessment for 360 per cent nas- sagaweya 4515683 assessment for 148 per cent total 306235508 assess ment typical 4h meeting shown guests at chambers ruralurban program about 50 from farms and town spent a pleasant evening together at the farm home of mr and mrs mel mccullough during the annual ruralurban night sponsored by the cham ber of commerce a typical 4h program proved interesting for the visiting c of c members rotarians and other guests tuesday a class of guernsey cattle was judged by the 20 boys and girls of the local calf club and the visitors were all given score sheets too agricultural repre sentative henry stanley lectur ed on a living mooing model ms promotions high school promotion lists will be published in next weeks issue of the free press as us ual arrangements have been made with the high school to obtain the names of successful students in grades 9 to 12 grade 13 results are not available till august and then the visitors and stu dents scrutinized four and plac ed them the visitors went mainly by friendly looks nice coloring and curly tails and did nt do too well mr mccullough who with his wife is just back from a trip to the british isles and eur6pe with a farm group showed the quests his farm machinery very interesting was a giant harvest er which he spun around the field to demonstrate its manocu- verabilily the agricultural representa tive gave an informative lecture on soils in the drive shed set up with chairs and lights then a panel discussion took place with moderator norman braida and panellists 4h club leader nino braida area dairy larmcr walter linham and ag rep henry stanley the cur rent tractor parades farmers unions and increasing costs with outo proportion profits proved interesting subjects to all the hearers one conclusion expressed was the farmers will be pressed into violence unless the government does some thing farmers are not starving by any means but they are on the low end of the scale and not get ting their fair share of the con sumers dollar said mr lin ham asked what it would cost to set up a 100acre mixed farm mr stanley thought it would take 20000 at least about the cost of the farm again can we keep enough people on t he land to supply our needs some one asked yes a panellist replied if prices arc- right we can improve our ef ficiency chamber president rev a h mckcnzie expressed thanks hamburgs were grilled over coals and served by harold manes and paul nielsen tel ford reidt presided at the col- fee urn it was a fine night and the group lingered outside chat ting before leaving b rook vi lie expansion proposed to council stf photo sparks hew tuesday night when ray mcconkey from the safety supply co demonstrated how to free a person trapped in a wrecked automobile for the benefit of halton mutual aid firefighters he first cut a hole in the roof and then sawed the complete lop off during the demonstration a proposal lor the addition of six classrooms a school li brary a home economics room and an industrial arts room to brookille public school was presented t o nassig a w e a township council on mondav night by members of the town ship school board tentative appioval ol the 283300 project has alicadv been lecciwd tioin the halton count consultative committee school boa id chairman horace blvth said si 74500 ol the cost would qualitv tor grants from the department sic ot the ad dition is 14400 square leet he asked that council give tentative appioval ot the pio- ject which would allow the board to engage an architect and call for construction ten- deis the board would hope to have the addition rcad lor use in the tall ot 19c7 alter hearing mr blvth school piiikipil kenneth i t- bi tdge and other members of the board explain h the addi tion was nccssaiv mm leisible members ol council decided to give the pmposal close pei- u sal and discuss it at theii next meeting principal trowbridge explain ed wh it was considered bel ter to add to the brookville school rather than add to sonic other township school a lai- ger student bod makes it econ omically feasible to incoiporate educational techniques that would be ot definite advantage to our pupils sti earning ss- tenis become more operative in t a larger school and it becomes possible to maintain a senior block grades 7 and 8 wherein rotary instruction can be em ployed he said the greatest distance any child goes to school b bus is 12 miles and lhis only happens in grades 7 and 8 if vou build another school you are duplica ting what you already have you have to have an addition lsit not wise to get the most tor our dollar the plan is to have strong junior schools in the ikiith and south with the cen tral school in brookville though council recognized the need lor an addition dcputv- revvc william hoev and coun lillor anne macarthur wonder ed about the value ol home ec onomics and industrial arts traffic fount for two days technicians from the depart ment ol transport in a van tame to town thursday of last week to install counters for an other trallic count at the con tentious millmain calamity oorner the counters extended from the curb half wav across the righthand side of the road at each ot the four approaches to the corner however on main st south the counter was in stalled near the creek at the bottom ot the hill south of brock ave traffic turning onto main st trom church st and brock ave was not counted be- torc or at tor passing through the intersection the department men sat ini- passivelv in their truck at the corner watching the usual par ade of cars their headswivel ling drivers indecisive about their safety after the friday homegoing rush the counters merc taken up again and the government men departed for parts unknown without a count ol all the cars proceeding tliroui the intersection councillor macarthur indicated that as a teacher she has found in recent veais that many child- tenreach high school and aie still not able to properly read write and spell deputyreeve hoey said he was not convinced of the need ol teaching home economics and industrial arts in grades 7 and 8 and also woiuleied that if thev were necessarv it it would not bo better to lent the facilities as the board does now councillor macarthur stated i dont see provision in the campbellvillc area it all seems to be in brookv ille i agree to providing the very best but how convenient should the school be to the young child ren she said she went along with the idea for the library but indicated slie wasnt in fa vor ol trailing children anv fur ther over the roads than neces sary releriing to t letter to the editor which appealed in the paper last week school board trustees indicated the transpor tation cost for 1965 was 43000 rather than the 58000 quoted in the letter they also said the inference that the campbell villc school would be closed was also wrong as far as an atomic attack goes trustee arthur gibson said i think wed get it from anv where the letter written bv gordon agnew opposed the idea of adding to the brook ville school and suggested an other school in campbellville as an alternative dr cliff young a school trus tee said if the plan was adopt ed the mill rate would go up four mills in the next two years he said incentive grants for the development of this type of program would help hold down the size of the tax increase parks recreation amalgamation to be debated at joint meeting administration difficulties the pjoblem of outstanding ac counts a projected meeting vvih paiks board to discuss am- algimaioii and an effort to in state a start on construction of tennis courts were all dis ci- ed at a short meeting of the rcrein committee mon day night secretary art cooper reported parks board fell there wasnt anything they could do this year about a motion originating at the last recreation committee meeting regarding construction of new tennis courts at the mill st ej park they havent bud- getted for it said the secretary and they also feel there isnt enough land in tliatjocalion committee meniber chas lea- therland asked are they not aware council has secured more land from t seynuck for the park chairman leu lovell felt the committee had gone as far as it could go towards initiating action on a new location lor the courts mr leatlierland indicat ed there was still much interest in tennis and every effort should be made to see facilities were available the original motion passed at the last committee meeting call ed for contracts with the high school board and parks board regarding construction of ten nis courts on the park land ad jacent to the school on mill st h the committee has received no reply from the high school board tile secretary further report ed parks board wished it brought to the attention of the lecrealion committee that since- parking facilities were used ol- lener bv the committee than bv them the cost ol maintenance should be shared chairman tlcn lovell acknow ledged events staged bv the committee often exceeded park ing for other purposes but felt il the recreation committee shares costs with them in sum mer then it would be reasonable to assume parks board would be willing to share it with us in the winter for snow plowing etc further discussion on the role both boards play in the com munity found members support ing an amalgamation of the two to avoid overlapping and con flicts like the parking situation member hugh patterson ask ed mr leatherland if he was supposed to have received in structions from council to in form the committee to begin preparations to amalgamate with parks board mr leather- land replied in the negative stating some members of coun cil were against an amalgama- tion the commiftee instructed the secretary to contact parks board with a view to setting up a meeting next monday if possible to study the pros and cons ol amalgamating the two bod ies elmer smith and later g w mckcnic ol the ymca board attended the meeting and ag reed a split of onethird ol the receipts from the slim and tiim classes conducted by the recreation director would be ad equate to reimburse the y board for use of their facilities were happy you can use the facilities when were not using them said mr smith he ex- pressed the wish more mutual programs might develop and can be talked over an outstanding accoun 1 for ice lime used by the acton minor hockey association was left for member harold townslev to discuss with director ilowaid pearce before any action was taken to collect meribcrs felt no special consideration could be given to the minor hockey group building committee chiirman harold townslev told ol plans to finish the floor in the new storage area and repprted the new mops used on the floors are doing a good job recreation director howard pearces report was dispensed with until the next meeting since he was away at a camp for playground leaders the chairman reported he j had been in touch with the cuf ling club and the committee v could expect a substantial don ation towards the cost of the new trophy case to be built in the community centre dona- lions were also promised from the intermediate hockey club and other interested organiza lions the secretary was authorized to pay financial statement no 5 amounting to353773 chairman lcn lovell presided at the hour and a half meeting with members hugh patterson owen coultrup charles perry harold townsley chas leather- land and secretary art cooper also in attendance mattress ablaze firefighters called a huntress fire at the home of mr and mrs patrick dunne mill street at 430 am fri day morning of last week reus ed firefighters from a sound sleep when firefighters arrived at the hall to learn the location of the fire some hopped on the truck to ride while others ran from the hall to the main busi ness section dense smoke was billowing from the apartment building above family outfitters store and lhe burning mattress was tossed out a window into the alleyway at the rear of the building it was a complete ruin as well as some of the bed ding mr dunne received alight burns when he picked up the mattress to heave it out the window halton county pr dinner becomes verbal freeforall sparks flew tempers i tared and insults were hurled freely about on wednesday evening ol last week when halton county council hosted municipal coun cillors from the seven halton municipalities to a goodwill dinner the purpose ol the meeting to strengthen the bonds ot friendship and co operation among the municipalities was almost lost when a qucstidn- andanswer period turned into a verbal freeforall despite warnings from the chairman warden h h hinton ol acton that the meeting should be kept on a high plane and questions limited to good taste the visiting councillors grabbed the opportunity to air petty beefs and kept the torches of intermunicipal rivalry burn ing strongly near the end one councillor urged the meeting be ended quickly for he claimed the whole point ot the meeting had been lost and an irish wake couldnt be lunnicr than this it was the countys second an nual dinner to which the mun icipal representatives are invited to come and sec the county sys- tern in operation chat informal- sutf fhoco married 50 years aar and mrs david radcliffe celebrated the occasion quietly at their home with relatives and friends the couple have lived here for the past seven years ly wi th members of other coun cils and meet the countys de partment heads supper was a smorgasbord banquet served by the scotch block wi and refreshments were laid on by frank cowan insurance company which hand les the county insurance busi ness over 100 enjoyed the eve ning and the ship of county government sailed smoothly until the speeches began warden hinton sat at the head tabic flanked by mayors or reeves of the seven munici palities each community lead er was introduced and was ask ed to speak for three minutes on a topic of local concern burlington reeve gordon gal- 4agheekickedoff thetalksby praising the county system not ing it was like a regional govern ment where an overall body provides services such as child rens aid home for the aged registration of land titles em ergency measures assessment and planning for t local mun icipal ties mayor syd child of milton noted the close cooperation be tween milton and halton coun ty because the county seat is at milton he noted everyone was anxiouslv awaiting the plunkett commission report on local gov ernment and hoped milton and the county would continue their good relations acton mayor lcs duby touch ed off the first spark of contro versy in a threepart speech he urged first of all that the coun ty sit down with local munici palities before establishing the equalized assessment for the year rather than have the towns reeve and deputyreeve come back to the local council and announce what the county had decided would be a fair division secondly he scored the coun tys unwillingness to join cqr- da the central ontario re gional development association for a meagre 1000 fee he said this was one area where all the municipalities in halton could work together for the good of all and urged everyone to drop the northsooth atri- mosity his third point concerned wel fare and he blamed deserting husbands for 75 per cent ofthe countys welfare costs he urg ed a petition to the provincial government for more welfare continued on page two