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twin silos sy at requisition less for hs budget i hodthetine fev the acton eree press wednesday april 5 1967 3 county spending 113000 higher is mystified by the latton of two tall silos at the micro plastics plant of building products ltd on main fl n might have expected grain or flour to start moving mdr and forth fo reality the twin towers could be a symbol of change in production methods at the bustling acton plant which is self confessed largest extruder of plastic pipe in the country instead of flour the twin si los will store polyvinyl chlor ide a sugarlike substance used to make plastic first shipment of polyvinyl chloride resin was received from a new plant in sarnia last week and pumped into silo number one the cylindrical towers have a capacity of 100- 000 lbs huge tank trucks with a capacity of 40000 lbs will require two and a half trips o fillpjie from the first alio the resin is drawn over into a com- pounding area and blended with additives the blended powder is processed by a com pounding extruder made into small pellets and the pellets are blown into silo number two for storage the entire process is auto matic and does away with in efficient bag handling methods which caused grief when im purities sometimes managed to wbrk into the bags cleanliness is of the utmost importance the entire pro cess is geared to prevent im purities and give a cleaner product efficiency which was impaired by bag handling has been reduced to a minimum once the pellets have been blown back into the second silo they are ready for the produc tion line they are blown automatical ly from the silo to the extrud ers where the actual manufac turing process takes place first on a series on expan sion and changes in local in dustry an increased total budget totalling 400310 which will ac tually cost acton ratepayers less was presented monday evening to the high school board by finance chairman chester- anderson two fac tors increased provincial rants and a surplus from 966 offset the j48432 in crease ir its much better than i thought it was going to be summed up chairman tom watson as members reviewed the figures total levy requisitioned for 1967 is 176153 minus 50697 for debentures the remainder of 125456 acton pays 6553 percent 8221132 esqires- ing township 238j percent 2987107 and nassagaweya township 1066 percent 1337361 actons share is down- 15000 from last year teachers salaries increased from 18455596 in 1966 to 220000 this year account for over half of the 400310 bud get the board finished the year with a 1185692 surplus it expects to receive 210000 in provincial grants an increase over the 1966 figure of 191- 69826 present with chairman tom watson and retiring secretary bill middleton were kerwin mcphail chester anderson and ray arbic principal hansen and viceprincipal joe bray trustee duncan moffat is back in hospital with a back injury what is our present four year business and commercial course offering students wondered mr arbic his ques tion was echoed by mr mc- phaii what can the graduate actually do answered viceprincipal joe bray there is a wide variation in ability however we have made a point of trying to at tract the idealist type into business and commerce weve fought against it being at the bottomof the heap is catch ing on arid weregetting a good- quality of students showing in terest port revenue alltime as well as typing bookkeep ing and shorthand they take academic subjects next year will see the extension of the new course into ail four years up to grade 12 since it was not economical ly feasible the special commer cial course which could be tak en after grade 11 is being dropped r problem of the heating in a washroom which stays a cosy 55 was again discuss ed as well as chalkboards in the new section efforts con tinue to have the problems rec tified the position of sectvtary- treasurer for the board will be advertised again just one ap- iication has been received the tender of lawrence slin- gerland was accepted for a hallr painting shower room and certain doors the property committee was authorized to investigate tend er prices and purchase a trac tor and mower and snowtilow- cr for cutting grass and snow- removal in his report principal ted hansen said the students of grades 12c and 12d toured the american motors plant and five inspectors observed the work in the school in march in girls and boys physical ed ucation guidance geography and agriculture he also reported mrs hazel orr began teaching march 20 replacing mrs barbara davis who resigned changes are being initiated in the scholarship field he stated it was reported replace ments were lined up forvacan- cies on the teaching staff but contracts arc not signed vji applicants were interviewed on two weekends at the royal york hotel toronto and oth er applicants answered adver tisements despite a holdtheline mill rate levy halton county council will ask local munici palities for a total of 113000 more thun last year at a special session on thur sday afternoon approval was given to the countys 1967 bud ge which estimates expendit ures of 183799858 the mill rate levy of 595 to local mun icipalities is the same as in 1966 but because of the in creased assessment in the countv the lew produces an additional 11335608 of the increase 6422526 will be spent on county roads and 4910082 will be absorbed by general rate expenditures in order to holdtheline on the mill rate trhlcountys fin ance committee was forced to slash several proposed items on the budget however at thursdays meeting no one esquesing 357 per cent or town milton esquesing and 6561656 and nassagaweya nassagaweya must pay their 147 per cent or 2701858 annual share of the debt incur- in addition acton -george- continued on page nine lassroom objectes to thecuts the health jjnit budget was cut from 204490 to 175000 the finance committee indica ted this would be possible be cause of a substantial health unit surplus the committee found it im possible to include 30000 in the budget towards the pur chase of a new site for a fur ther home for the aged the amount was reduced to 15000 with the hope that a further amount might be available in 1968 the industrial committee budget was trimmed to 7150 and it was noted the commit tee should arrange to pay s3000 of the cost of produc ing the county film in 1968 to gether with the cost of the film prints at 1400 on the equalized assessment basis the total levy to local municipalities will be shared as follows acton 237 per cent or 4356056 burlington 4035 per cent or 74163243 georgetown 527 per cent or s9686252 milton 321 per cent or 5899976 oakville 4376 per cent or 80430817 unemployment insurance is now available for most employees or farms ranches nurseries greenhouses horticulturists fruit vegetable flower growers employees it is to your advantage to find out if you are eligible for the unemployment insurance protection now in effect for workers in agriculture and horticulture employers if you have people working for you there are regulations that you must adhere to it is to your advantage to get complete particulars immediately about unemployment insurance for your workers gel full information now at your nearest office of the unemployment insurance commission government of canada 7383c w high ft zmm j kerr expected to win halton west pc nomination county council briefs at tfieir regular meeting in the county administration building last week halton county councillors debated at length wheth er committee reports should note the late arrival and early leaving of committee members at meetings deputyreeve george currie of esquesing dosed the discussion by sug gesting enough time had al ready been wasted on the sub ject and there was no valid reason for recording the infor mation accepted a plan for a county open house celebration between 10 am and noon on july 1 in victoria park the campbellville wi will cater to the visitors and will prepare for a minimum of 200 guests detailed representation to four meetings and conventions a parking lot bounded by newtons 5c to 1 store syd lambs real estate office and custom cleaners was laid out on the previously vacant lot last week during the laying of the stone base a dump truck drop ped one wheel into an old well or cesspool and was extricat ed with much difficulty approved the reappoint ment of dr l m stuart as acting director of the health unit and medical officer of health for a further period of three months learned that a further in crease of close to 29000000 in assessment will be relected in this years assessment report and that for the first time the town of burlingtons assess ment will exceed that of the town of oakville learned from the finance committee that the total levy for 1967 is expected to be 595 mills the same as in 1966 george kerr present mpjp for halton is expected to re ceive the nomination of the progressive conservative as sociation in the new riding of halton west on friday even ing halton west tories will hold their first nomination convention in the central high school burlington guest speaker for the 8 pm convention will be stanley randall minister of economic affairs for the province mr kerr was elected to the provincial legislature in the last election september 1963 he succeeded the late stanley hall of hornby as haltons representative in the legislat ure defeating owen mullin liberal of burlington and william gillies new democrat of oakville to win the seat the new riding of halton west consists of acton bur lington nassagaweya and north esquesing the old rid ing consisted of all of halton murray harrison collector of customs at the port of ac ton disclosed revenue for the fiscal year of 196fr67 at the port was at an alltime high of 33263446 almost double the amount received the previous year entries were also up 2756 over 2224 in the previous year mr harrison attributed the large rise in revenue and en tries to the presence of new industry in acton expansion of existing industry and the fact more people were taking advantage of the facilities of inland ports rather than at the border revenue in the first six months of the year was 113 61287 compared to 8187662 in the same period in 196566 in the second half revenue shotupto 21902l59compar ed to 8612760 the previous year total for 196647 is 33263446 as against 16800422 in the same period last year entries in 196566 totalled 2224 while 2756 were entered in the fiscal year just ended sa1co manoarin oranges 2 chcf k3yah0es mushhoom meat f spaghetti sauce 2 jello instant puddings 6 lancia spaghetti cmlf ioraiiou flain spaghetti sauce spaghettini 2 ik ok n- macaroni 49 69 95 43 amosol ra windex spray 59 lustmchfam mm shampoo 3 69c heuhet almono mux choc tt chocolate bars 89 cookies st259 monarch parchment g f a margarine 253 for pleasure cjrlt- bowl for health the entire family can bowl together make it a date bowl where the action 1 acton bowling lanes 10 mam st n mcmmroaaa mmito heating modern 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