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vht ninetysecond yearno 44 acton ontario wednesday aaay 3 1967 ffttt jjrcss sixteen pages ten cants only one nominated jack lush liberal candidate jack lush a 42yearold stockbroker from burlington was nominated to be liberal standard- bearer in the new pro vincial riding of halton west at fridays nominating conven tion a native of regina saskatchewan his was the only name proposed for nomination it will be his first bid for public office mr lnshs nomination com pletes the candidates from the three major parties in the new riding earlier ted macdon- ald was selected to represent the new democrats and sitting member for halton george kerr won the progressive con servative nomination the liberal standard bearer is a graduate of queens uni versity with a degree in econ omics he joined johns mansville upon graduation as a financial analyst and remained for three years in the next 10 years he occupied a number of senior executive appoint ments with the montreal stock exchange in 1960 he was ap pointed controller of canad ian liquid carbonic corporat ion for the past five years the liberal candidate has been as sociated with bache and co having been appointed hamil ton manager in 1964 mr lush is active in busin ess and community affairs and currently serves as chairman of the investment dealers as sociation of hamilton and ni agara district he has also ser ved the heart fund as well as numerous other commun ity charitable appeals married with four children he lives at 332 walkers line in burlington in accepting the nomination mr lush emphasized ways must be found to stem or even off the costs of education he felt millions of dollars could be saved if a businessmans approach was taken ontario is the only province in canada with a grade 13 he said all other provinces go only to grade 12 i wonder what this is costing us he also said he planned to investigate why one municip ality received a larger govern ment grant for education than another official opening of library hydro building on june 3 esquesing issues building permits worth 544000 official openings of the cen tennial library and the new hy dro building will be held the same day saturday june 3 the following day sunday june 4 wlh see the annual de coration day service at fair- view cemetery plana for the library open ing include undrapmg of the date stone dedication of plaqu es introduction of board mem bers and short speeches ontario hydro is co-openrt- tag with the local conhttlssjntf in planning the event at the new building later that same afternoon some officials will probably take part in both ceremonies mr lush felt his background in investment and finance would enable him to make a valuable contribution to the le gislature when fiscal matters were being debated he said financial collapses like atlan tic acceptance and prudential finance could have been pre vented through proper legisla tion there is a need to educate canadians to the advantage of ownership through equities in canadian business mr lush declared this may take time but by setting up the proper security regulations and regulative bod ies a safer investment climate will be provided for all guest speaker at the meet ing was david hahn president of the toronto liberal associa tion and former mp for broadview dr harry harley mp for halton and john morrison m p for wentworth were also at the meeting building permits totalling 544400 were issued for the township of esquesing during the months of march and ap ril it was disclosed at esques- ing council monday evening reeve george leslie said the total was the biggest one we have ever had over a two month peilotl big item on the ust of build ing permits shown to council bybuilding inspector tom mc lean was for a 250000 office and garage for mckinley tran sport on highway 25 north of 401 just above milton councillors patterson and goodlet questioned the award of 80 per cent of building per mit fees to the inspector and were informed it was set by bylaw for services mr patter son also enquired how much inspection was necessary for buildings with an architect and specifications permit fees amounted to 691 or which the building in spector is entitled to 3540 most of the permits were for new residences additions or alterations set deadline for hearings in new procedure when the committee of ad justment met wednesday eve ning april 24 the application of h g stewart tidey ave for a side and rear yard vari ance was approved mr stewart outlined plans for his garage and although it will protrude in front of his house it will be in line with abutting property a neighbor e baxter was present and stated he had no objections provided the garage was in line with his home a resolution was also present from the planning board giving their recommendation of ap proval in the form of a resolution from the planning board requesting that the committee of adjustment set ur a regular meeting night each month for all applica tions to be heard and it was further requested that this meeting be held the last week of each month to permit appli cations to come before plan ning board prior to their meet ing after discussion the commit tee of adjustment passed a resolution that the secretary- treasurer be authorized to place an advertisement in the acton free press with relation to public hearing dates and var ious applications the new dates are as follows all applications for variances etc to the committee of ad justment must be in the hands of the secretarytreasurer iain a williams 107 elizabeth dr acton before the second mon day in each month in order to be presented to the committee of adjustment for decision at a public hearing which will be heard the firs monday of each following month for equal opportunity study single board of education amiable composer herman freulers hymn to canada will be sung on the cbc television program hymn sing this sunday afternoon the program starts at 530 pm copies of the hymn are sold out in both acton outlets and mr freuler is pleased at the reception it is getting all across canada staff photo establishment of a single county board of education and the dissolution of all pres ent local boards was recom mended to halton county council on thursday by the joint consultative committee on primary and secondary ed ucation the single board would be responsible for primary and secondary schools and would be made up of 22 elected rep resentatives replacing 10 pres ent boards with 69 trustees the recommendation for a single board presented by chairman eric gudgeon was described as a method for equalizing educational oppor tunity throughout the county he noted there had been im provements in the standard of education offered in the north of the county but the smaller number of puphs limits the base in providing special ser vices which burlington and oakville were able to achieve after consolidation even with the larger bur lington and oakville units the two boards found it necessary to combine for the junior vo cational school mr gudgeon noted the committee chairman suggested the plunkett report completely disregarded the north of the counties and their ability to support education he appeared to treat educa tion as an appendix to the re- speysitk stmteats headlttg for expo thirty five students with their principal parents and frenjs along are off to expo monday morning the boys and girls are mostly from grades seven and eight with a few from grade six travelling on sunline tours bus operated by georgetown transportation company with the excited youngsters are prin cipal gary dawkins mrs kirk- wood mrs fisher miss alice pilkington mrs mcleod mrs clendenning and mr black the group stays at the cham- plain apartments montreal and returns next thursday port dealing with the discussed possibility of a two tier sys tem it was pointed out the main support for a local board was the fear in loss of auton omy this is inherent in any system the chairman suggest ed the report suggested a coun ty board of education of 22 members with eight represen tatives from oakville eight from burlington one each from acton milton nassaga- weya and esquesing and two from georgetown objectives of the recommen dations summarized in the re port are to equilize opportuni ties for advancement in all courses so that each child in the county attending either an elementary or secondary school might benefit from guidance by well qualified edu cationists in each field of en deavor to allow the urbanized and rural areas to share alike in the educational advantages in the county while carrying the tax burden resulting from this in a fair and equitable continued on page two ps board discovers need four teachers representatives of the pub lic school board and principals mokenzie and smith will con duct teacher interviews at lakeshore teachers college on fridav in an attempt to pro- cure four teachers needed to fill vacancies at both schools the board decided this at their brief tuesday meeting jftejlhcadng lheprincipsjs report on staff principal e smith reported 12 norwav maples had been purchased at 15 apiece six to be planted at each school the nurserv owner had also donated a centennial flowering crab to each school as a good will gesture the board decided to insu late the stone school at a cost of 400 on the recommendat ion of trustee doug manning well get our money back in two years he said heating bill at the stone school ro bert little and m z bennett were reviewed earlier in the meeting and it was felt the stone school was out of line a salary schedule had been submitted to teachers but no reply has been received yet trustee bill benson told the board secretary william middleton distributed copies of the in surance and premiums on school property for perusal by individual members the boarc is reviewing- insurance all members attended the short meeting with chairman o chapman presiding moke aiotnoim gknkapark i construction of a minor baseball diamond at the glen lea park was begun last sat urday when nearly 15 volun teers came to assist manscll nellis brought equipment to prepare the ground the diamond is to be a pro ject of the ys mens club vol unteers included elmer smith g w mckcnzie gary bate- man ed leatherland doug copeland barry klrkness ha rold townsley howard pearce john last bill nelles mantel nellis brendan aheme and brian smith monday accident an accident at the fourth line and no 7 highway late monday afternoon between dri vers from guelph and george town caused minor injuries honor centennial citizen off year sat thanks for the memory sang acton centennial citizen of the year george musselle as he accepted the award for outstanding community service at the annual chamber of commerce citizens night din ner at the music centre satur day night the popular director of the legion choraliers shared the spotlight with his wife bessie accepting an engraved plaque from the chamber emblematic of the esteem in which he is held mrs musselle received honotmo centennial citizen of the year george musselle and hit wife at saturdays dinner and dance at acton music centre were choralier vic patrick chamber of commerce head paul neilsen choralier al lauder protect action representative doug allan mayor lest duby choralier president jim higgins citation writer and reader ted hansen and pianist george hall the band hall facilities were taxed to accommodate over 150 who attended the event staff photo a box of candy instead of the usual bouquet of flowers tenth citlam of the year george musselle received a standing ovation from over 150 diners who taxed the facilities at the music centre the larg est crowd ever to attend this event he thanked all who had sent congratulations and cards and helped him share the misery of the past two weeks he had a special word for the choraliers who attended in a body and later presented gifts and sang two numbers for the delighted audience with their director at the head a new wrinkle in this annual event it added to the enjoy ment of the evening which started with a social hour fol lowed by buffet dinner presen tation of awards and finished with a dance to the music of the flower town five chanman was chamber of commerce president paul neil- sen who read a message from prime minister l- b pearson concerning the importance of c of c week plaques were also presented to rev and mckenzie and mr neilsen both past presidents of the ac ton chamber bv orval chap man and mayor les dubv re spectively mr mckenzie introduced the head table which included mr and mrs orval chapman doug allan representing project ac tion mavor duby mr and mrs paul neilsen citizen of the year and his wife and the re and mrs mckenzie mr neilsen introduced pro ject action rep doug allan and his mention of the teenage groups marathon walk and as sistance in the search for the missing kilbride school girl drew enthusiastic applause from the capacity audience mayor les duby spoke brief ly congratulating the chamber and expressing his own person al delight in their selection of his friend george musselle as citizen of the year high school principal and long time associate of the 1967 centennial citizen of the year in knox church choir ted hansen read the citation which is reproduced elsewhere in this newspaper acknowledging the honor actons citizen of the year spoke of his love of music and its culmination with the chora liers he advised his listeners to work hard you only get out of anything what you put into it he said and quoted a poem by edgar guest on work im honored to have my name with predecessors who shared this honor he conclud ed two former citizens of the year william middleton and fred wrirht both in the audi ence were introduced at this point choralier vic patrick introduced the chora liers and al lauder and presi dent jim higgins stepped for ward spokesman al lauder told the audience their direc tor had three loves- his wife and family flowering plants and the choraliers acting on the premise mrs musselle had a lot to do with georges successes a gift of two china floral arrange ments was presented to georges wife and a leather brief case went to their direc tor vic patrick finished the pres entation by citing the chora liers pride in the award and their hope for a harmonious relationship for many years to come the lovely irish melody bendameres stream and the rollicking happv wanderer were sung by the choraliers which drew spontaneous ap plause from the enthusiastic wellwishers board will consider recommended changes in high school area wage scale stephen leacock the can adian humorist once taught in a small college at the salary of 700 a year small as the pay was even for those days he could do little about it it is said that he once wrote a letter to the board of gover nors saying gentlemen unless you can see vour way clear to increas ing mv stipend immediately i shall reluctantly be forced to and here it was necessary to turn over the page to see the conclusion of the letter which read continue work ing for the same figure copies of recommendations of the joint consultative com mittees on elementary and sec ondary education were distri buted to acton district high school board members at their regular meeting monday even ing tom watson board chair man and chester anderson the finance chairman had at tended the special meeting in milton last thursday evening when the committees present ed their report to halton coun ty council recommendations of the re port are given elsewhere in the free press and involve sweep ing changes in the county mr watson remarked al though the consultative com mittee urged the county coun- cil to deal with the recommen dations as soon as possible you could see it being slow county councillors accepted the report for further study board members are also go ing to studv the report thor oughly there is a lot of work to be done in one veer commented ray arbic mr anderson said he was a little disturbed at the heavy weight oakville and bur lington will nave on the pos sible new county board of edu cation eight members each compared to one for acton one for mihon one for nsssa- gaweya and one for esques ing with two from george town continued on page two