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0 ninetythird year no 46 acton ontario wednesday may 15 198 aulrx riiard ft second c1m mtl by tkar possl otfftc i ollawm or p lac peli in ch a i acton ontario sixteen paget ten cents tax relief in fall home owner and tenants in acton art entitled io receive w74 uot the province of ontarios residential tax rednc hon eoheroe curtadrolniehralor t mp- geachie told tbe fro pre it cold probably bt august or september before toe schema got working however the form tt takes win b entifely up to council its possible tax crests may be given to those who pay their taxes id instalments no beds- loo on how tbe money win be sent to those who have already paid their taxes in full has been although its only a formality before legislation on the tax re duction scheme is passed in the provincial house all details of the plan have not yet been work ed out explalnedur mcgeachle hence the delay in payment several suggestions from the clerks and treasurers associ ation to implement the plan bat ter are being adopted by toe province and these changes make further delays although home ownersand ten ants will welcome the tax relief tbe extra work involved for the town office staff will reduce their enthusiasm for the project porter strike oyer to work plant the 27 asyold strike at the h k porter plant was settled tuesday at noon employees of tbe plants thermoid and du- ston divisions went back to work today wednesday pickets were withdrawn tents folded up and garage head- qnkrters dismantled when the result of s secret ballot by mem bers of local 23650 of ine saw workers union gave a 10 vote margin in favor of accepting the companys newest wage proposal a union spokesman said the company offered rajseslnwagesv the contentious resue of 20cent an hour this year and another 20 cents next year extra fringe benefits re also included in tbe contract employees will receive 16 cents an hour now retroactive un the expiration u the last contract and another s cents in august on feb 1 ims employees will receive another 10 cents an hour boost phis 10 cents on august 1 1969 job rectassiacailoa which win also benefit employees was in cluded in the new contract the saw workers oral asked for 80 cents an hour for each year of the two year contract but dropped the figure in half after negotiation with the comp any their final offer was to accept 20 cent an hour lids year end another 20 cent next year if a coat of livingclausewas inserted or a straight 28 cents an hour the companys final offer was mall on mill st a narrow two vote margin in the wee hours of the morning brought rud whiting the liboral nomination for hallon riding in a meet ing which began at 8 p m tuesday night the new liberal standard bearer and his wife thank supporters after a hectic six hour nom ination meeting staff photo rud whiting is chosen to contest halton seat rud whiting 37 was chosen liberal candidate for halton riding in a precedentshattering nominating convention last night tues day the lively lengthy meeting featured a tie vote on tbe third ballet resulting in a fourth ballot and a narrow twovote margin over oakviue mayor ifacuan anderson four candidates sought the spot vacated by dr harry harley when he announced two weeks ago he would not seek reelection john height oakviue was eliminated on the first ballot and alike ledwlth of milton fell out in the second ballot on a 10vote edge in the third ballot whiting and anderson tied and a recount failed to break the tie delegates were issued new ballots and by ls5 am whiting was declared the victor a capacity crowd estimated between 600 and 750 lammed hornby tower golf club and cars tilled the parking lots spilled over onlo- a practise green and lined tho road for a mile and a half checking credential of the s13 riding members delayed the start of the meeting by 50 mlnutos as a steady flow of members tiled into the building in his nomination speech whiting noted his deop roots in liber alism and his civic servlco record he promised to represent all the people of tbe riding on eloctlon to ottawa three particular areas of concorn ho cited wore housing agri culture and government spending he emphasised his support for trudeau who understands thd french canadian outlook as well as the english on announcement of the final decision uacloan anderson pledg ed his support to whiting and whiting promised to begin the cam paign immediately many of the delegates were standing throughout the convention when police blocked the lane to the golf club cars lined tbe side of the road club officials expressed concern about the damage to the soft green on which many of the cars wore parked one car became mired and was abandoned maclean anderson was well supportod by placardwaving dele- st a mcoraitvi fjon on churchill rd north marks the site of he new curling rink and club house planned by the acton curling club president ken marchment laid canvassers are doing out this weekend to start the campaign to raise funds for the project the land is approximately 2i acres in the township of esquetlng bordering on acton s limits gates with signs we back mac a piper scheduled to pipe him in was unable to do so because of the crowd in his address be suggested it would take hard work to hold halloa for the liberal he insisted he did not underestimate the job i have never stood for that which i could not do and i have never stood for that in which i did not believe be de clared he cited the need for majority government and parlia mentary reform mike ledwlth nominated by norm pearce and harold funk cited canadian unity as a number one objective he called for a strong federal government to speak for all of canada housing equalisation of earning opportunity and selective help in areas of need were among his proposals he called for a curbing of govern ment spending and cooperation between labor and management to check rising costs john height dealt with housing inflation pollution and education as areas of major concern dr harry harley won a standing ovation from tho crowd after he addressed the group between ballots he recalledhls nomination meeting in milton town hall in 1961 there were four candidates thon he said but three of them werent nominated and that left him he noted his decision not to seek reeloctlon had boon a difficult one and he hoped all would understand he omphaslsod his decision to withdraw had nothing to do with the outcome of the leadership convention ho expressed evory confidence in pierre elliott tru deau and looked on him as a personal friend and a tremendous leader for the liberal party colin vaughan treasurer of the toronto district uboral assoc iation presided for the meeting and balloting curling club seeks funds for butding land bought a canvass of members past members and the general public will begin within days to raise money for a separate curling building for acton approxim ately two and a half acres of land on the third line north at highway no 7 has been bought by the curling club the canvass is expected to begin this weekend some pledges are already assured a new building has been a muchdiscussed club eonaldera- tioo tor several years in the past curling was scheduled for only two days a week in the arena in a separate club a full program could be arranged new officers who took their posts the first of may are past president dick lee president ken marchment vicepresident rev a h mckanxle secretary ray evelan treasurer ken hqi1imh chairmen draws chester anderson soda john coy by laws clare anderson member ship george sargent property bill du marsh suspect deception is behind request this weak police pass on a warning about a different una of deception suspected here last wednesdaywhat the police call a quick change artist was reported r- hls quick changes dont in- yolw clothing or disguises ha deals in changtf- cash and be has to be quick the man came into the bank of montreal and launched into com plicated requests for change coupled with conversation he had apparently hoped to confuse the clerk until he ended up with more money than she had however it dtdnf work the man was questioned and he left the bank at once householder a hundred dol lars thats outrageous i wouldnt pay michelangelo to paint my garage at that price painter truculently listen if he dots the job for any less well picket the place a seven member delegation from acton chamber of com merce presented council with a brief regarding a temporary mall on the mill st business section last night ctuesdaypreclpltating a lively discussion on the merits of the plan first proposed to council by councillor ted tyler last summer reeve hlnton came out flatly against tho idea calling it com pletely ridiculous but council passed a resolution approving a two week trial period providing tho department of highways and other merchants agreo the proposed mall would ex tend down mill st from john to the traffic lights at main the area would be blocked to vehicle traffic and decorated with plants trees and benches councillor ted tyler the malls most ardent supporter told council he didnt know what made merchants get off their posteriors and do something about shopping in acton but it was nice to see them in 100 per cent agreement im 100 per cent for it he exclaimed its a wonderful idea councillor pat mckenxie asked it council had the authority to reroute traffic the mayor amid it must go to the proper author ities chamber president paul niel sen stricken with s bout of laryngitis started to rise stop ped and fred gordon another of the delegation rose to answer ho said two engineers from the department of highways said it was feasible to reroute traffic cut eastern avenue and along church to main st dog injured hunters gun the concerned owner of a dog shot by s 22 calibre bullet mon day informed the police of the incident the anlmalwaslnjured in the hind leg its thought a stray bullet from a hunters gun may have caused the injury the incident occurred back of poplar ave hunting is allowed in the town ship but not in the town limits children often play in the bush where the dog was hurt comments from councillors on tbe scheme e masales no mention is made in the brief of parking fac ilities mr nielsen replied with an effort that they would gain parking spaces on willow and john sts councillor bob drinkwalter im sympathetic to the c of c its quite a dream he thought the idea would create traffic problems however mr nielsen replied that the highway engin eers could see no problems the trial would also give a better wayne aitken ryerson grad wayne aitken wayne aitken r r 3 acton was among 1000 graduates who received diplomas at the ryerson polytechnlcal institutes spring convocation held may 6 10 he graduated from the course in architectural technology his parents mr and mrs c aitken attended graduation exercises last friday wayne attended john f ross collegiate guelph located in downtown toronto ryerson is now in its twentieth year of operation with 5000 day students in 19 courses as well as 9000 evening extension students tbe institute is in the midst of sfiveyearfar reaching expansion program which will by 1970 double its enrolment idea of traffic patterns in town reeve hlnton remained unim pressed with tbe evidence as a merchant im concerned he said it is completely ridicu lous to consider closing the two main business blocks in acton long an advocate of offstreet parking mr hlnton said council should consider tt before a mall acton wa once noted tor the worst streets in western ont ario he continued and we did something about it now w have tbe best in western ontario are we going to get a bad repu tation again mr hlnton asked rerouting traffic doesnt mean the roads are going io get worse retorted mr tyler do you think your sales will go down its a situation where i feel i have as good a knowledge ss anyone mr hlnton maintained closing these streets wlu do no good whatsoever we arent in a position lossy how it would affect us traffic- wise commented mayor duby we must consult tbe proper people tor logical answers visibly agitated councillor tyler reminded council they had told him the idea of a mall was not his idea it had been eon- calved by a university survey here available for anyone to read in the library professional planners said it would be good for acton he said theres ex- part advice the engineers said they saw no great problems despite hlslaryngitlschtmbtr head paul nielsen forced a few rasping answers to mr hintons remarks the reeve sayshe knows mav i state nobody knows anything whatsoever about the mall no body knows until we try it out he rasped according to the engineers it might speed traffic up i further suggest through traffic la through traffic our learned reeve would learn some thing as be watched sales from a mall and compared them to the year previous prove it by valid points said the reeve drawing an alia gory with a proposal that he wouldnt consider closing his store for two weeks nor would he consider closing the street no one asked you to close your store said mr nielsen continued on pao 3 a flat 13 cents an hour tbe first year- and 12 jttrss the second which tbe union rejected efforts by tbe conciliation of ficer to settle the differences were not resolved and tbe union went on strike thursday april pickets were set up outside tbe plant on mcdooajdblvd shutting down production andbarrlngany- on but management office per sonnel and foremen from entering picketing was peaceful with no violence and only a couple of minor incidents picket duties were split up amongst the approx imately 100 employees which in cluded 20 women days dragged on and there was no sign of any overtures from the company although the union said they were open for talks at any time as the strike enteredltsfourth week the labor board asked rep resentatives of tbe company and tbe union to meet in toronto at conciliation headquarter mon day both sides in the issue arrived ready to negotiate the proposals were put to a union meeting held the next morning at 11 am in the music centre here a secret ballot de cided the issue shortly after 12 noon representing tbe union in the talks were harry symon jack purcell ruben skeets mitch kennedy george lane steve woloshyn and ev larocjue company repressntatlveswere plant manager tom shields supt bill pendleton and personnel manager harry murdoch a representative from the con ciliation board appointed by mr dickie acted as chairman for negotiations what council did at the regular meetingtuesday night council approved a resolution that approval be given to tbe acton public school boardxfor erection of a resource centre at the rob ert little school for an estimat ed cost of 150000 opposed to the motion were councillors drinkwalter perry and wil liams approved a temporary mall on mill st subjecttolhe approval of the department of highways and governing factions passed a bylaw setting the mayors salary at 11800 per year reeve hlnton and council lor perry opposed reeve hlnton and councillor parry also opposed a bylaw setting council salaries at 12 a meeting for a maximum of 65 meetings but the bill was given three readings and passed major awards for all fields of athletic endeavor et acton district high school were presented last night tuesday at the annual athletic banquet most valuable player award for the volleyball team went to jim piehl left mott valuable aocce player trophy to bob turkotx second from left ron mocallum head of boys athletic is next followed by steve ftobb most valuable player on the kjnlor basketball team and fred flisnttt most valuable player on the senior basketball squad iters pictures next weak staff photo