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hshot paul fc mdmo auxiliary bishop of the diocese of hamilton con ferred the sacrament of confirmation on 40 candidates in st josephs church last night tuesday there were 36 children nd four adults in the den the children are shown here with their pastor father v j morgan who prepared them for the sacrament in the group are judy cameron janice drew nancy frost susan marchment uan mcgilloway leona synnott lynn dunne mary frances marcoux margot matheson judy rody mary ann vuk anita braida cathy paplllon debbie paplllon wendy kowall jean metanic donna milton joanne pavli margaret slaven parti dunne gay daly bruce fowler michael gervals danny mcgilloway david braida adrian van opstal sean aherne howard coultrup robert mcmlllaq james holmes david cunningham timothy coles william severinski william spehar edward muehlbacher shane crosken and father morgan staff photo aecaflflttchlmf amjy predicts increase in mill rate esquesing ratepayers are al most insured of an increase in the mill rate this year but township council will not strike it until a special meet ing called for wednesday may 24 preliminary study of the pro posed budget at esquesing councils regular meeting mon day brought several discrepan cies to light so councillors de cided to postpone striking a rate until they were ironed out councillor c f pat patter son asked assistant clerk d french to arrange the figures so when a rate was set it could be understood by the ordinary taxpayer taxpayers are often confused by figures said councillor patterson it should be in as simple a form as possible breakdown of the tax dollar in the estimates submitted to council saw the major share of revenue 77 2 1 percent going to education with coun ty and township rates set at over 11 percent councillors were not satisfied the percent ages balanced however and will likely rearrange them in the final presentation need of a road count and rebuilding of roads threatened with destruction was emphas ized by the reeve especially the ninth line road above glen williams assessor art benton appear ed before council with his equalized assessment report and presented councillors with copies of the halton countv assessors report to study at their leisure mr benton reported new assessment in the first four months of this year amounted to 162800 taking last year as a guide its normal he an iwered a questioner councillor tom hill report ed he was glad he attended the north halton urban board meeting the previous wednes day since they discussed incin erators and sharing the costs with the five northern munici palities of acton esquesing georgetown milton and nas- sagaweya im almost sure this is what apton is going to do aid mr hill cost for the five municipalities would be ap proximately 9280000 for two burners at 14000 each the burners could handle 75 tons of garbage in 24 hours i don t think toms efforts were wasted at this meeting commented mr patterson its going to come to this soon its the only clean way of getting rid of garbage councillor g currie emphasiz ed its certainly something to think about said mr hill council received a letter of appreciation from mrs sheila orourke of rr 4 acton commending their decision on the acton dump site council lors turned down an acton re quest to relocate the town dump on esquesing land own ed by the town at an earlier meeting councillors pointed jubilant ly to the letter for the benefit of the acton press representa tive hope you got this all down said one council also agreed to pay their share of debentures of j260o0 for purchase of property for mil ton district high school addi tion hydro commission for opening new building commissioners discussed plans lor the official opening of the new hvdro building at a brief meeting of the hdro com mission lastthursdav official opening of the build ing will be held on saturday june 3 at 3 45 p m immediately after the official opening of the centennial library charman ted tyler sr said some ar rangements still had to be made luwuatlmii were to be made for at least four to attend the aai ew summer confer ence at cornwall on june 7 8 9 and 10 the commission felt there was always something to learn at these conventions superintendent doug mason reported the street lijiht con trol has been moved to the neu building and now ever- thing is controlled from that point healsonoldnhe commis sion the back shed had been painted and wire installed for the new library under thel creek the chairman reported the controversial pole at the main mill intersection would be mov ed its our bab to see its moved he said its no asset to us the wav its sitting accounts amounting to 123- 98855 uere authorized to be paid all commissioners were in at tendance with chairman tier presiding quality ba products save you money gasoline motor oik diosolfuol fuel oils smvooib h oil burner rfftmm rli 10 yean to fay sman carrying charges oap service thompson fuels ltd authorized payment of 69048 half the townships share for hornby community centre authorized payment of 795 to the grand river con servation authonty as their share of capital works pro jects heard an acknowledge ment of their letter endorsing two orangeville resolutions on education from the depart ment of education gist of the reply indicated the dent would keep the two resolu tions under study but intend ed to take no action at this time received report from the ontario water resources commission indicating the credit river was being signi ficantly polluted with waste from the apple products firm in glen williams the firm has been asked to have a plant designed to combat the pollu- 1 tion and to appear before the board on may 31 forwarded a resolution to the township school board granting permission from the georgetown council for es quesing schools to use george town park for their annual field day june 26 reeve george leslie presid ed at the three hour meeting with councillors hill patter son currie and good let in at tendance victoria day next monday project action held a hay ride and barbecue last satur day evening town workmen have been patching streets again an annual spring job dates of the big centennial fair are september 14 15 16 and 17 new parking regulations at the mill main corner have resulted in quite a few tickets given out 100 given to choraliers by union local president herb woods of local 479 united packinghouse workers of america cclcio presented acton legion chor aliers with a cheque for 100 tuesday night to help them on their trip to expo and to buy uniforms president jim higgins grate fully thanked the union for their donation and expressed his pleasure in the people of the town who are helping to support this venture of the choraliers fhont 532370 acton arto hours sm174 6 tt acton free press wednesday may 17 19o7 3 urban board down in the dumps new meat counters ere being installed in the iga store to provide better dis play and easier shopping the exterior of the legion was painted in a spring face lifting program the brick is still the same dove grey shade the last balls are roll ing down the alley at the end of the bowling season the popular column is noticeably shorter this week 275 hourly paid employees at p l robertson co milton are working a four day week with fridays off its regarded as just a temporary measure a phone has been instal led in the new library one of the purposes behind the phone is for calling the reg ional library the advertisement offer ing ads for students is run ning again in todays paper young people seeking summer employment take note special trains filled with school children on their way to and from expo are passing through acton a big kitch ener group went through mon day evening on wednesday 700 fergus students filled a 12- car train a trip down in the dumps was featured at the monthly meeting of the north halton urban board as town and township representatives prob ed the advantages of waste dis posal through incineration at a meeting in georgetown wed nesday representatives of pltbrico canada ltd detailed instal lations of incinerators by their firm and members discussed the possibility of a centrally located incinerator to serve the rwo townships and three towns of north halton milton r and georgetown indicated they hod adequate sanitary land fill ac commodation for some time but acton stressed it would have to move within two months to find new disposal facilities acton councillor ted tyler projected the estimated cost of an incinerator of the type being discussed divided it by the population and decided acton couldnt afford the 50000 it would take esquesing and nassagaweyn representatives indicated inter est but emphasized they would have to discuss the problem with their councils acton representative indi cated they would be studying other incinerator installations and invited other municipal representatives to join them in the demonstrations the possibility of a survey on the needs of north halton was no information on missing girl there has been no further word on the search for 10- year- old marianne schuctt of kil bride the massive hunt with acton and district volunteers participating was called off over a week ago after intensive searching throughout the dis trict it seems like we just dream ed it all mused one woman in kilbride in the aftermath of canadas biggest manhunt and the tragedy which rocked the tiny community of 200 the invasion of hundreds of police thousands of volunteers newsmen helicopters army and militia troops airplanes and ejmo forces in the 10day search left a deep impression on the people of the village the search was called off until more clues come in of p officers had a thick file of tips to follow up but so far with out result discussed and was thought worth action endorsation of the establish ment of a county welfare ser vices department had been giv en by milton and acton coun cils the meeting was told as discussion turned to this sub ject it was suggested the county department would equalize the available services over the whole of the county the meeting concluded with a standing invitation to town ship councils to have represen tatives at al future meetings well even change the name if you dont like urban board miyor les duby emphasized to township representatives the board was established by three northern towns early in the 19508 with no formal sta tus other than a place to dis cuss problems common to the area municipalities the next meeting was set for june 14 at milton deputyreeve w hocy and councillor r gordon repre sented nansagaweya council lor tom hill esquesing mn- yor j gibbons reeve w hunt er and deputvflsccvc a speight georgetown mayor s g child nnd councillor b best milton and mnyor l duby councillors e tvler perrv and r drlnkwaltcr acton wltn nee- rctnrv j mcgcachlc unemployment insurance is now available for most employees of farms ranches k nurseries 2 greenhouses jr horticulturists hfo fruit vegetable flower growers wpfgr employees it ii to your advantage to find out if you are eligible for the unemployment iniurance protection now in effect for workers in agriculture and horticulture employers if you have people working for you there are regulation that you muit adhere to it it to your advantage to get complete particulars immediately about unemployment iniurance for your worken gel full information now at your neareil office of the unemployment insurance commission government of canada 7303c w calling all students free want ads get a job through the free press free to all students public and high schools who live in this area no phone calls please if you are looking for a full or pari time job hbtfs all you do puco your ad in tho offk 59 willow acton 1 one arf to each mmdm may he laaiilad p to 9 tw if ym y mfc ba 5 imm gt 0 30 wera f cepy- deadline for your fro ad b monday 5 pm s yew a tw v