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i ntaetysecond yearno 29 acton ontario wednespay january 18 1967 mila authcmmd mi by utt tot othf mpqrtnwntqtuw twelve pages ten cents m mkro workers vote strike action if comffiathn report rejected micro plstl wutke die united rubber workers of at a meeting sunday voted o ingry fa favor of strike action if a axtatjon board report is not favor on sunday at the legion hall 110 micro workers were present out of this number 109 wite union card h and eligible to vote the strike action was un in the event a p two- did not meet with their to local president- jonion wwwnhm mxmn benefits higher wages and increased would mean taking normal weekend holidays throughout the week one unwtt ion official stated the proposed work week would disrupt the entire family espec in cases where a wife worked and children attended school union officials are now awaiting a report from the conciliation board when this is received it wih be present ed to a meeting of union members and if rejected strike action may be taken within seven days after the vote union president paddy dick reported e j b w is-tustrict-repre- nego for tbr local united rubber workers of america union and company officials met at the royal york hotel in toronto friday with or louis pine c of the conciliation board to discuss the contract during the meeting negotiations for an acceptable contract came to a standstol on a com pany proposal for a sevenday continu ous work week the local president re ported at present workers are on eighthour rotating shifts and receive overtime for weekends acco to l workers do not favor the continuous work week as it sentattve of the international union was present -for- toe sunday meeting along with local union president mr pick vicepresident wiroert mcmuden secre tary norman elliott and treasurer leo smith today wednesday john hager- man acton plant manager was contact ed by the acton free press for comment following are his remarks the company has negotiated with the negotiating committee of the united rubber cork linoleum and plastic workers of america local 403 since last october meetings have been held with the conciliation officer and we are now waiting the report of a conciliation board ro meet new a fc sandy mctlan veteran fair board member was ho wedn night of last week when he received an agricultural service diploma from president jack marshall looking over the certificate left to right are miss acton fair margaret given president jack marshall mr mclean and newlyelected halton county warden nassagaweya town ship reeve william coulter u staff ftaoto one tier or rwo administration policy changes proposed by newlyformed board halton board of eckjcafion favored by present boards tors of the y and this commit- tee to sit dow tog and general support for the es- resentatjves of the northern tabl of a h board boards after initially indicat- of education was indicated at t a meeting of r of all halton school boards and boards of education in milton last weekl jha ing support for a single board suggested they were not inflex ible in this stand of ed- the brief milton pumfc school board munjdpat was chaired byboard chair- fate minwer speonwv on i man ronharrfa in the county wuntat re noted some adtniaaiftlraation building a aatdority of the boards favored establishment of a northsouth boundary as op posed to tine eastwest bound ary suggested in the plunkett report main crux of the dis cussion hinged on whether or not tite representatives favor ed a single board of educa tion or a twotier structure that would have a local and a senior board with different re sponsibilities representatives of the bur lington and oakviue boards expressed strong support for the twotier system while rep- consoudatlon was long over due the brief suggested high school districts were too small to offer the three streams of education strong support for a twotier structure in educa tion was expressed to retain the morale and proximity be tween staff and board a sen ior level would be responsible for the coordination of special programs and fi acton public school and high school boards expressed their support for maintenance of the northsouth boundary retaining halton as a unit in itspresent form for education the esaueajng representa tives suggestedtheboundary proposed in the plunkett re port was the worst possible division the board supported a twotier structure applied to halton as a unit e wilson repr the georgetown public school board called for patience in permitting the present county consultative committee to complete its report- before reaching conclusions while he noted the larger unit was prob ably inevitable he feared the personal touch would be lost in too large a unit the georgetown district- high school board favored the eastwest boundary but in cluding bramalea and bramp ton in the north section with acton milton and georgetown milton and nassagaweya rep resentatives of both boards ex pressed support for the main tenance of the county bound- ary and the establishment of a board of education for hal- oakvule and burlington members outlined their pro posals for a twotier system referring to the goldenberg report on metropolitan toron to for a definition of the re sponsibilities allocated to the two levels stressing the im portance placed on the struc ture of the organization the burlington representative in- ted his board was flexible on the boundaries but was very concerned that the two- tier system be adopted the meeting adjourned not ing boards had until january is to submit their briers to the minister of municipal af fairs on the plunkett propos als program it we talked to the y board a few years ago but we couldnt afford to meet their require- ments of time explained com mittee member hugh patter son referring to a previous at tempt to program the ymca in conjunction with the com mittee how could you get time to operate your suggestions for possible new programs ask ed mr tyler after mr pearce hadpa around a brochure outlining possible new recrea tion activities most of my time in die arena- is spent supervising pa per cup throwing answered mr pearce school pipe public school caretakers had their problems last week when two breaks appeared in under- j ground heating pipes it was necessary to call in town workmen with the com pressor and drills in order to break through the cement and make repairs a break occur red in the office of principal g w mckenne and another in the hallway at the rear of the school auditorium it wasnt just a case of re pairing pipes and filling in the holes matching floor covering which had been down for ap- proximately 15 years was a chore as well as dusting the entire school after dust from the cement filtered throughout the building youre too costly a man to be p a p throwing mr tyler counter ed is this why you want an assistant he said referring to a proposal by the recreation director for assistance if the board intended to add addi tional duties if the parks war ail oper ating and programs at the y and arena how much assis tance would you need asked mr tyler mr pearce thoughtfully myself two part time assfat- a goal set in 1966 by hydro chairman e g tyler sr was reached last week when acton hydro commission held its in augural meeting in the recent lycompleted hydro building on alice street as 1966 was drawing to a close and whitney construct- ionco was racing against time to complete the hydro build ing chairman tyler vowedrthe inaugural meeting would be held in the new building thursday evening t of last week mr tyler and other members of hydro conducted routine business wltji new overhead lights glaring floors gleaming with polish and the smell of fresh paint- filtering through the building returned to office for- an other term were chairman ted tyler and vicechairman doug dawkins in acceptinguhe of fice of chairman for another term mr tyler thanked his colleagues for their vote of confidence and remarked i feel tm chairmanship should be handed around but if this is your wish j will abide by it i everyone commended mr tyler for his work in the past and noted he should be the man at the helm- during the opening of the hew building and for the centennial year may les weknow a when we see it as he congrat ulated mr tyler on his return jooffice in his concise inaugural speech mr tyler spoke proud ly of hydros new building as he remarked its quite a thing to be connected with a project this size it took quite a few years to get the wherewithal and commissions in the past helped achieve this goal the building is a credit to the past commis as wrll in our continued on page three repair want locations in nassagaweya twp doesnt strike clock faces major repairs time marches on for the old town dock but for a while it will do so quietly the striker win not sound until necessary repairs are nude coowner local jeweller and watch rcpefrjnerchant- iv- ol rachun informed the free press the striker ceased to op erate saturday evening and a careful study indicates major repairs win have to be made however ben as he is better known to his many friends and timepiece will keep acc time without striking every hour when thne is available the striker wffl be repaired possibly not untfl ther dnnof kwiv willi inhf cm mb for 441 honwmaldng warded on saturday to thrao helton obis j uji aall auto lwl 33njt3ub numbers up number of ladies attending the pit slim and trim classes is increasing three more nave joi the group parks and recreation pro grams in act could be un- dergoihg atchange- in adminis- tration policy if the thoughts and suggestions at the inaug ural meeting of the newly- formed boards are applied as vigorously as they cropped up thursday in council- cham bers role of the newayffonned boards which will operate with the same personnel but inde pendently of one another was discussed freely by five of the new appointees at the meeting s two o t m were unable to attend it was decided to leave the election of a chairman vicechairman and appointment of commit tees until the first regular busi ness meeting this thursday- oerkadoimlstrator j mc- geachie outlined the duties of i the new committees for the ta0 hf 1 members present emphasizing v ui cjtvo they must operate as two in dependent boards wkh ac counts to be kept completely separate council appointed john goy and harold townsley to parks board for a three year term helen otterbein and hugh pat terson for two years and bren dan aherne the lone member from the previous board for one year councillors earl ma- sales and ted tyler jr will rep resent council on the commit tee- appo win be made on a three year basis after the initial term transpires with recreation committee members appointed for no stated term on councils recommendation mr mofeeachie pointed out parks board operates inde pendently of council but recre ation committee can not oper ate its own bank account item ized accounts from the recrea tion committee must be sub mitted to council for approval insniasluu ensued on pos sible means of running meetf ings without duplicating dial cussion members agreed there would sometimes be overlap ping of parks and recreation business but the secretary would be responsible for keep ing separate minutes the role of recreation direc tor howard pearce in the new setup was also discussed after brendan aherne told members hed like to see mr pearce m a dual role as director of parks and recreation administering the derisions of the board ouastjoued by council mem ber ted tyler jr mr pearce outlined his duties most of which are curtailed to the com munity centre during the win- ler months im a little dfc- satisned with the present set up he said i spend so to 60 hours a week in the arena besides an afternoon at the yjaxa id like time to pro gram recreation inthe schools and elsewhere mr pearce also outlined the advantages of the present yal ca building falling under the a of the recreation com mittee theres a facility tit- ting there not being used 10 per cent of its potential he wmwllpu cautmwbmm tuandey nighi m rnasmr mrs cart jordan afehavt grar who claimed i hnd a meetitnr with trie rrst aetc a qd pack hjrned out to be was on hand to wltnaas sho cocatnontas arid the tt board and theywant to grants night when mrs robert grant his wn in tho contra admiring mother is know the possibility of my was invested as aislitsnt cubmaster by dist- ronnia grant who was also inv and ms running a program them rict cornmtssiorw norman hubert of george- sister carol who hi a member of the acton town her son ronnie was also inve into the pack left to right are mr hubert cub- the chairman predicteu the f new building should do the town for the next 2530 years with the workshop area ade- 1 quate for the next 15 to 20 years with room for expan sion if necessary mr tyler wouldnt predict when the official opening would be held but hint ed the commission would pos sibly wait for warmer weather and the completion of a few minor jobs mayor duby commended the whitney construction co gen eral contractors for tile new building on doing a good job his feelings were shared by other me the chairman noted the hydp ro workmen had saved the commission 4000 on the con tract price for wiring the hew building the boys did a bangup job he stated as he noted the saving of 4j000 from the original 13000 contract price for wiring standing committees for the year include orvat brown and doug dawkins on property and les duby and wilfred mceacb- ern on finance other routine business at the inaugural meet ing included authorizing- the chairman- and secretary to have signing power for the cheques the meeting was held in an duby qu offlatjnn in vwth mnm fny winning horse niture hasnt been purchased tenders for window drapes were received from three com panies and after a lengthy dis cussion the tender from wal kers home furnishings guel- ph was accepted- the tender price from walkers for 33970 plus sales tax plus 40 instal- lation charge was accepted i oyer tenders from duncan mcphee guelph and lakeview discount centre acton agents for a b cava company continued on page three proposals to establish two industries in nassagaweya township were presented to nassagaweya township coun cil on monday evening mr shea a representative of law construction co ltd re ported his company was con sidering the purchase of 74 j acres of land in the guelph junction area he said if the land was purchased his com pany would set up its business offices and construct a 40 x 80 foot repair depot he estimat ed the size of the business of fices would be approximately half the size of your adminis tration building he said the company would like to be able to remove any gravel from the site if it was saleable and ar market was available if he stressed however it might be several years before we could find a market for the gravel even if it was suitable for selling he pointed out his companys main business was road construction and that the site was close to high way 401 and also within easy access of a railway line it would be more suitable than our present rexdale location he said reeve william coulter point ed out at the moment were very critical of sand and grav el operations in the township im wondering if you would still- be interested if you couldnt market the gravel mr shea said the company was interested in the site and also in the prospect of gravel opera it was erphdnad council would be hesitant to allow any industry to establish which would require large trucks to pass through campbeuville continually council is already in the process of having one service road built to eliminate this problem a starr real estate repre sentative who is negotiating the land deal said there is a definite limit to the number of industries that might locate there certainly concess would have to be made after a discussion council decided to refer the matter to si township planning board d ask for its recommenda tions council also l to the planning board a proposal to construct an indoor car wreck ing business a new concept in auto wrecking bob mc- keandsald mr mckeand and partner gerald bkxn said they wished to start an autowreck ing business on the third line and 10 sideroad just opposite the english church the unique aspect of the business they said would be that it would be handled cotn- pletely indoors cars would be stored in one building strip- ped in another were only interested in the motors trans missions and small parts and then trucked away mr mckeand said there would be no burning of materials and no cars would be stored out- tan sjehousga so 1 legm with- would cost h ffflco mad pjboo he said me cost of the buildings would be low because well be doing a lot of the vxirk ourselves be stressed this is not a ing yard as yon know it l i mat i i j inject- ed john goy is for the direo- i r lstfi