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Rud Mrs Mann Lou untangle red tape Solving of the problems of Acton persons applying tor unemployment insurance benefits seems certain following a visit to town by M Whiting and the setting up of a new procedure between the Waterloo district office and local agent Mrs A K Mann Both Liberal association executive member Lou and Mrs Mann were receiving calls detailing distressing problems Mr Bonnette says he recently has had two or three reports of problems a week Mrs Mann who as agent assists applicants In filling out forms spends more of her time with problems than what she been trained to do In one day each day with agent Mrs Mnnn alone she had calls all Mrs first details the outlining tangles problems and forwards the facts Quick work lo in the office at M P Whiting came to town last Iron It out ere II always be problems says Mra Mann But with patience and understanding we 11 work them out She has discovered that some people had not received their insurance benefits since their forms had been incorrectly filled Wednesday and visited these callers to hear their experiences firsthand He returned to Ottawa and set promptly to work scissoring the red tape At least one person had a phone call Friday apologizing for the fact their benefits had not been sent Also a system has been set up to expedite matters In where phone calls from irate out In the first place or not all the cheque less Actonians had been necessary information had been received regularly sent along Now Mrs Hunt is in charge of In cases where she has done the the applications from this area application herself with her and she is In contact by phone knowledge of the req ilrements applicants have been quite eviction Some were in hospital case when they assured the long satisfied with benefits beginning and still no benefits after weeks distance callers a cheque would soon There is a standard waiting of Illness Cheques had suddenly be along soon period cut off Local agin it a taken while for people to realize that Mrs Mann was appointed agent here for the unemployment Insurance commission She is paid by them toprocessappllcations also be sent in individually She processed seven in November in December and ID so far in January However spending more time lately on hearing problems than filling out forms Mr tells of one couple who I applied for benefits had waited weeks and were facing Distressing details of contradictions lack of information no benefits or unexplained suspension of benefits were explained to a sympathetic Mr Whiting and Mr In possibly seven or eight cases sold Mr Bonnette the applicant had received nothing since November Calls to proved fruitless Promises of payments soon proved false Clerks apparently had no knowledge of the specific Intolerable Intolerable Is the way Mr Bonnette described some of the cases Mr Whiting was upset and very concerned Mr says Both felt Mrs Mann is doing a tremendous Job in handling more than she had expected in her position as agent Thank goodness for Whiting Mr says He sure cut the red tape Ninety Seventh Year No 29 f ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 Eighteen Pages Fifteen Cents Three hurt in headon crash A headon collision at the brow of a hill on Churchill Rd sent three persons to hospital last Wednesday afternoon about 3 30 Drivers involved were Terry McMuiien 100 Mill St Acton and Ida Hack of Georgetown who along with Paul Forbes Hilicrest Acton went to hospital by ambulance Partes was the most seriously Mrs Hack received a sore chest and bruises to the face white Mc Mullen suffered a cut over the right eye Mrs Hack son brie was shaken up but unhurt collision occurred almost in front of the residence of Bill Debbie Third line BILL DANYCHUK Hinton seeks PC nomination Sports dinner here Monday Sports fans and football huffs A special feature of the have a real treat in livilles Monday night will be a store for them Monday night draw for two autographed January when from footballs Tickets on the footballs several different sports will be in autographed by members of the town for the Acton Centennial Argonauts and TiCat are on sale H Bert Hinton will seek the Progressive Conservative federal nomination for Hal ton riding Mr Hinton announced this week that he decided to stand as a nominee with the support of Acton and PC associations He was asked some time ago to stand and after consideration has agreed THE TRANSITION OF POWER from former warden Dr chain of office Tuesday Warden Swanborough defeated the county association Is Frank Oakes of Acton to new warden Jim Swanborough of reeves of Milton and for the Halton warden office fl meeting with several declared candidates and the possibility of more nominations from the floor In to win I m into it to win Mr says this week My program will be predicated on a win but if I don receive the nomination I hope anyway I helped raise some enthusiasm and the winner will get the support of the association members Acton won t be a forgotten part of the county when this is finished Mr predicted Burlington was symbolically enacted by presentation of the at a secret meeting of county council Staff Photo Swanborough is warden seeks regional answer sports celebrities dinner Comm ttce member Jack Carpenter has been busy this week lining up CFL stars for the Monday night dinner at the eg ion which Is being held to focus attention on Acton Centennial in 1974 So far Carney Henley Bill and John Hon man of the Hamilton TigerCats have signified their intention of attending and Jack expects at leasttwo members of the Toronto Argonauts to be here as well the courtesy of the Jack has been able to procure films slides and of 1971 CFI action which will also he available for viewing following the Monday night dinner Although arrangements had not been finalized at press time Halton H P fl from the NHL Boston Bruins may Continued cm Pant H II Bert Respiratory Diseases Association this year he has become better known in the south His county committee work such most Acton businesses To add a little entertainment to the the Treble Makers of one of the world top barber shop quartets will be here to perform Proceeds from the football draw and the dinner will go directly Into the Centennial fund Organizers expect a crowd of at per adult and per 10 and under are lablc at the Acton Arena Acton Free Press Toronto Dominion Bank Pete s Barber Shop Tyler Transport Nielsen a or from Jock Carpenter Dinner time is p m unable to attend Monday nights dinner TlCat defensive linesman Angelo and Argonaut trainer Prophet are both eager to appear here at subsequent functions to promote the centennial Prophet has been busy conducting clinics around tl province In his second year at Halton a decision is necessary to allow county is spending 500 County Council Burlington Reeve necessary plans to be made and annually but the county is Jim has been services carried out He said seeking cs on elected to serve as Warden The council would consider further this year decision while not official until private bill submissions to Press the Inaugural meeting Milton overcome the numerical the rf yesterday was made last presently set by the will continue to press our request Tuesday at a closed meeting of Public Health Act Highway to the provincial government for county council He defeated Improvements Act and the Home per cent rather than Reeve Tom H1U and for the Aged Act r Milton Reeve Ron Harris in the Crowded conditions Halton County Board of Health race Swanborough indicated the does in fact meet the criteria of a iW addition to the administration board of lealth and Finally and most important I will encourage and promote enthusiastically throughout this year the use of our County system as a vehicle indeed a catalyst for Inter Wellknown Bert has had plenty of experience running for office but man pal cooperation in SJlSSS if hi I- te A former warden of Swanborough emphasized the building only overcome should be recognized for the McMastcr University in and need for Halton County to present crowded conditions but continue support of regional allow county orientated bodies government and press for an Halton Region answer about remaining as a Conservation Authority the only unit Board of Health and Halton County Children Aid Society be I submit that we need a centralized there decision confirming that The decisions on both the County will be left intact expansion of the administration Immediate implementation of a building and the additional home for the aged accommodation are York County is not critical in intricately woven Into the my opinion in view of the decision about the future make- favorable positions of the up of the county he suggested Individual municipalities which He indicated hope for Increased compose the county provincial subsidy for road The newly elected warden said construction the purpose of the full subsidy said County Health Units receive per tent provincial subs ay and regional units rece ve a per cent subs dy He looked forward to decisions on central purchasing computer needs and county wide waste disposal The Warden announced a public relations campaign entitled Passport to Halton County He suggests the would urge fa to learn more about and promote visits to points of interest County Last year this council rat in ted a meeting of all County Municipal Councilors and the response J bee tmi council He has various contacts that have already brought him assurances of support from other parts of the county His position as a member of the board of directors of Sheridan College put him in the centre of a brief tempest before his re appointment was assured As president of the Halton Tuberculosis and graduated from Osgoode Law School in and belongs lo the firm of Katz Dudzic Di and Goldberg He served three years as a councillor in the town of County Burlington and is in his second year Reeve He served as chairman of Halton County Roads committee along with a wide variety of boards and commissions in Burlington He is president of the Wentworth Conservative Association and lost to John Monson the last federal election by 1 votes Two tows Two cars were towed away this week on instructions of police They were parked illegally An unpaired driver was also stopped and charged during the week Brigade battles three fires Acton firefighters prompt responded to two alarms action fighting a Ore at Highway Saturday afternoon one a blaze Main St last Wed- which completely destroyed a night averted what could combination workshop and been a more serious blaze garage at the home of Ron Flames erupted at Saunders Acton and the 730 while a youth other a kitchen grease Dareup was filling a tractor with gasoline which scorched walls and caused and firefighters fought the fire smoke and water damage to the for an hour before bringing It home of Mr and Mrs Ed control Browne Churchill Rd Damage to the building was Fifteen year old estimated at and value of contents lost which Included a car tow truck snowmobile the tractor and quantities of stock were estimated at The Acton brigade also Doug McGilloway was fueling a tractor when the Wednesday blaze erupted a Highway Garage Owner Barry Mclsaac had lust been called away on a towing b accompanied by a client who left his car in the garage The alarm was turned lnat Mrs C K Browne store next door where Firefighter Wilf McEachern happened to be He raced next door and helped move two snowmobiles and car from the premises before the first fire truck arrived Billowing smoke and steam hampered firefighters efforts to douse the flames fed by grease and oil in the garage Ircf ighters summoned a second truck donned Scott and fought the flames from the rear and from inside the building The mercury dipped below the zero mark that night end made the task more difficult Shivering police directed traffic on the highway where curious drivers and spectators attracted by the excitement and flashing lights on the fire trucks and police cruisers congregated Exterior of the garage a business which has been in the Mclssac name for almost GO years was relatively undamaged but flames were hottest in the rear of the building breaking through the roof at one point Water was ankle deep in places along the street as firefighters doused the blaze and cooled down the red hot interior No hope Flames bad gained complete control of the workshop and garage of Ron Saunders on the fifth Line Erin township Saturday afternoon when firefighters arrived There was Wile they could do but empty water from the truck tank on the flames which buckled the steel siding and roof Lost In the blaze were a cedar strip boat motor and trailer garden tractor lawn mower three bicycles truck tires Continued on Pngt SMOKE AND STEAM inside Highway Garage control in about an hour in freezing below zero during the height of the fire hampered fire- weather Staff Photo fighters efforts but they had the flames under