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acton georgetown esquesing attack regional unknowns councillors from acton georgetown and esquesing township attacked the unknown of regional government at the first meeting of its kind in esquesing hall list wednesday afternoon on the assumption that queens park is prepared to accept suggestions from the municipalities invoked be group compiled a list of question to be clarified by minister dmicy mckeough at an upcoming meeting of hilton and peel representative fat toronto on march 7 among the three rislapslea appointed by hallon county council is reeve bui hunter of georgetown who was present at the meeting initially came the question of why hilton had been centred out for the regional renovation acton mayor les duby said he felt then were other areas in ontario where administration had not been nearly as kogressive or as efficient as in jioo from a personal study of she nidation he felt that a spreading out of industrial representation within the county war all thai was needed for a raspvmal system mayor emmerson of georgetown agreed thai he could see no urgency for regional government in hilton however georgetown councillor donna dennison suggested lhat perhaps the reason was lack of a systematic growth pattern in the a4j which stands as a buffer region between miuituuga and ihe hamilton uibait centre she pointed out lliat hilton is not lie first area under attack regional governments have already been established in ottawa the lakehead and wetland areas are we trying to protect our positions as politicians or aie we in tereated in better government submitted councillor sandy mackenzie of georgetown there is a tendency to defend the status quo but we have to look bigger than lhat on the queiliofiof boundaries moil expressed dissatisfaction with the- present proposals reeve frank oakes of acton stated that at a lrnt meeting of reeves all- were in a vol of retaining hallon countys present boundaries a opposed to a haltonpeel merger mayor les duby confirmed llut acton council opposed a haltonpeel arrangement he further stated that acton favored a change in the proposed boundaries although he said council had not yet come up with an alternative under the present setup trie south is guaranteed representation but the north is guaranteed nothing lie felt tint- since acton it the smallest municipality in the north georgetown and esquesing would dominate and there would in effect be taxation without representation in ihe haltonpeel proposal hallon gels nine representatives to peels 12 it was agreed there should be more representation for the four municipalities in area4 queens park is to be asked if changes are lo be considered and if so some concrete alternatives are to be drawn up in the immediate future acton jniy even be idduded in ihe north end of nassagaweya suggested reevecurrie in discussing the proposed haltonpeel government the disposition or present debts came under fire it was suggested that peel held a substantially higher debt than hallon if we unite is that debenture to be spread out over hallon asked reevecurrie mayor les duby commented that in no way has ihe government spelled out the condition of regional government on the municipal level with regard to issues like road maintenance aad sewage disposal- it was agreed that detailed clarification was needed before any plans could start reeve hunter was instructed to compile a list of the unknowns discussed and attempt to come back with answers from live meeting in toronto on march 7 a second meeting of the three councils is scheduled for mar 14 lo disculs queen park reaction representatives from nattagawcya will be invited lay attend depulyreeve tom hill of esquesing voiced a lone objection lo inviting nassagaweya on tye grounds thai ihey ware not really involved ai yet cln nlrsyfoorns yw he is acton ontabio wtdntsday hbwjaby u 1969 sixteen ceo ten cents parked cars involved two crashes v the only two accident last week which were investigated by acton ojp involved parked on wednesday february 19 at 1240 pm a car driven by george turtle acton was westbound on church si when it struck parked car owned by david fawcett of acton the curtie car received j 200 damage to the hood grill front bumper and right front fender the fawcett car had 125 damage to the trunk tear bumper and left rear fender on saturday february 22 at 1230 pm a car driven by thora jesperson of r r 2 rockwood struck parked car driven by mrs ed lidkea acton mr lidkea was angle puked by gordon hardware when the second car misjudged the distance while backing into the puking space the jesperson car had an estimated s7s damage to the left rear bumper and panel while the lidkea car had 300 damage to the left rear door left panel and bumper board moots here quite a few interested spectator are expected for the next meeting of the hallon county board of education which is being held for the first time in acton the meetings are being held in the various sections of the county specifically so local people may attend if they wish the actonnassagaweya board representative tom watson has arranged for this thursdays meeting to be held in the new resource centre of the robert little school the public may come at 8 is pm a committee of the whole meeting precedes the public portion of the meeting cnr hearing council to seek assist from rud animated discussion fttv th chamber of commerc annual mmtlno rwohwd wound roionil oovernmant rwv oil hoey fihrtq- ir has n atttntlv audinoe turo to pat b1 for ctory and men pltturcu photo a reulutlon aiking council to engage a tolicitur lo pttienl actont ca for retaining the cn u station wa loit at tueuhyt meeting of council but councillors unanimously decided to ask m p rud whiting for assistance in preparing a brief to present at the public hearing councillor bill cojts suggested the town might be better off to hire a solicitor o pre urn i their case at the hearing time date and place of which are yet unknown deputyreeve ted tyler opposed hiring a solicitor he said council would need- evidence to support their case and shippers anj receivers in acton had given council no support in their efforts to keep facilities in acton councillor jack greer agreed there waint much support from industry but felt council had agreed lo fight the railways proposal from he commuter angle only lawyers can talk to lawyers council discussed what form the hearing would take councillor garnet mcke rules interpretation of he hearing was that it would be up to the railway to show proof the acton canucks gabbiest when it comes to telephones canadians are still the world gabbiest people they have been for 17 years in a row recent statistics on the subject compiled worldwide show that canadians make 6677 calls a year up from 664 conversations in the preceding year americans are the next gabbiest at 667 calls the u s however has the most telephones- 03 million in service canada comes sixth with k4 million following japan britain west germany and the vssr total world telephones is 222 million or 6 4 for every 100 people canada has 406s per 100 people it took the american telephone and telegraph co nearly a year to gather all these facia from around the world health unit drops plumbing inspections discussion reveals scarcity oi nurses acton council unanimously opposed a resolution received from ihe township of naisagaweya that the monthly banquet of ihe assessors andor clerks be discontinued nassagaweya favored an annual banquet at the expense of all councils as an innovation mayor les duby old council that the meetings were dinner meetings not banquets and were for the purpose of discussing mutual problems he had no objection to them clerk joe hurst explained lhat clerks dont meet as often as the nassagaweya resoltuion presumed and that each municipality in the county is required lo pay for only one dinner a year councillor jack greer thought nassagaweya could come to the urban board meetings if they want to get involved councd also turned down a resolution from the town of cobourg asking legislation to allow pensions for wives of municipal employees with 20 years service to continue with pension benefits after death of their husband council also concurred with a recommendation from no 1 committee that mrs barbara trotter be hired to till the position of assessment assistant this is a threeday a week job and constitutes 21 hours clerk joe hurst reported he had written lo alfred r long chairman of the board of trustees of trinity united church advising that no overnight parking signs had been installed at the parking lot at the church property arrangements have been made with police to have cars which child hmd last wednesday a lost child was reported lo police after she failed lo come home from school however the sixyearold girl had gone to the arena by mistake and was located there by a neighbor at 4 pm atypical senior citt2ms housing unit public meeting fonighf on cobblehill housing pro or con the proposal for senior citizens housing and family unit will be thoroughly aired at special public meeting tonight wednesday at 8 pan in the robert little school auditorium the proposal which has already met with some opposition will be fully discussed the proposed location for the units b now cobblehill road after other locations had proven unsuitable or unavailable for one reason or another specifications and plans of construction u well as future administration will all be discussed council members and ontario housing corporation and building company representatives will ail be present anyone interested and especially senior citizens have been particularly urged to attend had been permanently parked on the lot removed mayor les duby told councu that they should take a closer look at parking bylaws in acton and know them thoroughly recently a local organization parked their cars and went an a trip lo toronto and when ihey relumed police had put tickets on ihe cars police were acting correctly conlinuetf on pace 3 defends size of personnel positions filled by the hallon county board of education in numbers of administrative supervisory coordinating and consulting personnel are no greater than would have been required if the former 10 boards had continued to operate board chairman f armitage said in a statement this week the chairman pointed out that advertisements for various positions had drawn applicants not only from across the krovince but also from those olding similar positions with former boards in the county appointments so far made to the administrative and supervisory staff include the director and his assistant four superintendents 13 assistant superintendents five coordinators and four assistant coordinators mr armitage reviewed that enrolment for halton county schools in september 1969 will be approximately 48000 and 2300 teachers will be required population increases are expected to reflect an additional 3000 students annually the 1969 current budget will exceed s30000000 and capital budgets will reflect the need for 60 to 70 elementary classrooms each year and 1500 pupil places in secondary schools continued ots pdfle 3 station should be closed once the door is closed he declared it is closed fergus succeeded in keeping their station open in some way others thought the hearing would be along the lines of a court with more rigid control of the procedure than the previous meeting in acton councillor coats contended this meant hiring a lawyer mr tyler agreed lhat if ihe town was going to participate a lawyer would be necessary mayor duby reminded council however that they hadnt budgctted for legal aid and it was an item ihey must consider in ihe future he also said actons case must be constructed on the facts about passenger service and ihe figures werent very convincing councillor coats said that it was up to the cnr to show acton station was losing money something they had been unable to do at the first meeting there were no figures lo indicate acton was losing money he contended clerkadministrator joe hunt told council lie talked with m p rud whiting on the subject and felt a good strong brief presented at the hearing by one man would be the proper way lo handle the case mr whiting made this a national case in the house and his actions have confirmed to the deportment that a full scale enquiry was necessary the support he given us should provoke a full scale presentation the clerk also said ihe hearing could go into a full scale investigation of the railways method of withdrawing services and could reflect badly on the entire guelph matter agency plan the mayor and councillors coals and mckenie supported a resolution to hire a solicitor bul the remainder of council voted against it there was unanimous consent however to a subsequent resolution asking the halton m p for help with preparing a brief to present at the hearing hon robert welch minister of citttanthlp and immigration spoke to actons trtanol mans club tart thursday niejht sm inside tor story stall photo school requisitions subject of meeting no i committee minutes at tuesdays meeting of council revealed thai ihe hallon county board or education is setting up a meeting with clerks of the county in march to review the interim requisitioning which has been opposed by some municipalities acton council questioned the methods employed by the board at their last meeting and two other municipalities flatly refused to pay it but have since mystery bird golden eagle further fuel for the report that an eagle has been molesting pels at a georgetown district farm came this week when it was reported a burwash tripper caught a golden eagle in a trap the bird is rare in ontario but others have been caught in traps the trapper found the 1 5pound eagle in a snare beside a beaver carcass which he was using as bait for wolves this raised the possibility of eagles in this area as well relented no i committee recommended that no action be taken till after ihe meeting with the clerks council also authorized clerk joe hurst to attend the next planning board meeting to discuss a belter method of coordinating information the clerk was also authorized to proceed and arrange with planning board and solicitor bruce payne to finalize the official plan and subdivide agreements u recommended by the department of planning and development no i committee of council met with p shepherd and k jordan of the subdivision section of ihe community planning 3ranch and g wright of the official plan section in a special meeting on february 12 also f resent were town solicitor fred lelson town engineer ken hyde t and nell miller chairman of the committee of adjustment discussion included subdivision control zoning and official plan and committee of adjustment procedures several recommendations came from the meeting and council agreed they should be followed in detail man killed six hurt in crash on highway an elderly man was killed and six others were injured sunday evening tn a threecar pileup attributed to slippery driving conditions on highway 25 between acton and milton charles robert allen an 83yearold resident of halton centennial manor who formerly lived and was well known in acton became the milton opp detachments first fatality of 1969 when the cars piled up onequarter mile north of 10 sideroad near tangmere mushroom farm mr allen had been home visltng relatives for the day and wu being driven back to the manor about 7 pm when the accident happened his son morley addison allen 48 of 50 frederick st in acton was driving the southbound vehicle he told police it skidded out of control on on icy patch on the speyside hill crossed the road and struck a northbound vehicle almost headon minutes later a third car slammed into the two damaged vehicles morley allen received chest and head injuries and another rsenger edward ted allen of park ave acton suffered chest and ear injuries in the collision the northbound vehicle was driven by robert john heailey 30 of r r 3 acton who received leg and head injuries his wife phyllis suffered a fractured jaw head and lee injuries and their threeyearow daughter julie also received head injuries the third vehicle wu driven by mr irene mary greenwood 43 of 180 poplar ave acton she had several broken teeth and facial cuts the injured persona wen taken to milton district hospital by car and ambulance coroner dr d alkenhead of muton pronounced mr allen sr dead at the scene const doug oimsby of milton oft estimated the total damage at 4850 an inquest may bo called motorists said the mghway was quite slippery fat place due to a fresh fall of snow