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Proposed readjustment of electoral districts puts North Halton in A proposed readjustment of federal electoral boundaries announced last week would include Acton Georgetown and townships in a new district Oakville and Milton including that part of the County of Peel contained In the towns of Mississauga and StrcetsvWe would constitute another district designated as Oakville A Guelph nding would consist of the city of Guelph the town of Fergus village of and the townships of Guelph and In Wellington County and that part of the County of Wentworth contained In the township of East and the village of Watcrdown Population of the district is 85 Burlington would constitute another separate riding The new Wellington Dufferin riding would also Include the town of the village of Grand Valley and the townships of Amaranth East East Luther and Mono in the County of the townships of Eramosa Erin West Garafraxa Maryborough Peel and West Luther and the villages of Erin Drayton and Arthur in the County of Wellington and that part of the County of Peel contained In the township of Caledon and the village of East Halton riding would entirely disappear under the new set up WellingtonDufferin would have 78 people MUton would have The new system will give Ontario elected members three more than present The population of each electoral dis trict m the province must correspond to the electoral quota for the province which is the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the province census 7 703 106 by the Ninety Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Six false alarms warning issued little Happy PROUD MOTHER Mrs Peter of Main St Acton looks at the other man who has come into her life The little fellow as yet unnamed made his entrance into the world Monday at 24 at the Guelph General Hospital Weighing in at eight pounds four ounces the boy took second place in the new year s baby derby He lost out to Miss Christine Kontogiannis of who made her appearance at p m Happy grandparents are Mr and Mrs Tom Hams and Mr and Mrs This is the first grandchild for the Cripps first baby for Its parents Wilson of Glenlea Medical Group delivered the child Photo by J Jennings Flying half mast Car two flags stolen Two of Prime Minister Lester Pearson Canadian flags flying at half mast in his honor Were stolen in town last week The Maple Leaf flags introduced by the late minister were flying at the library and at the post office when they were taken one Saturday and one Sunday The theft ws one of the last incidents investigated by police in In each case it the third or fourth flag stolen from the same place but the first time It was flying at half mast Just put Theft of flags at the library before resulted In a decision not to fly the flag there all the time However it was agreed the Rag should fly again last week in honor of the Prune Minister That a really mean trick observed library board chairman George Lee as he inspected the footprints in the snow leading up to the pole That not a child either Each flag was valued for police records at destroys saplings Police and firefighters Join this week in expressing their concern over false fire alarms sue of them in the last week or so This is a very serious offense police state and there are no warnings when someone is apprehended Juveniles would be dealt with severely in Juvenile court persons over would appear in criminal court Both the Judge and the OPP consider this offense a very serious one The Bell Telephone Company has investigating personnel who will be called if any more false alarms ore received according police They have methods used to trace calls which could be used here Wednesday The brigade responded at pm last Wednesday to a call reporting a fire at Home Hard ware The firefighters rushed to the store astonishing the- owner MikeKinal who had been watch ing where the fire truck was going The siren sounded at 30 a Boxing Day crash claims second victim A Boxing Day two car collision on the Seventh Line north of Ball ad has claimed its second victim Norman Tobias 36 R HillSburgh died yesterday at Kitchener Waterloo General tal where he had been on the cr Heal list since the day of the collision Mr Tobias yearold wife Hindo was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on Boxing Day Tobias lived on the former Don property on the upper Ninth Line Mr Tobias was a bassoon player with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra The couple had no children service for Mr Tobias was held loday Wednesday College Memorial Chapel in Toronto interment was at Cemetery Dec when a call said there was a fire at Cedar Springs Motel A phone coll to the motel revealed no fire there When other alarms were phoned in a phone call to the location indicated there was no fire there and the alarm was not sounded Two were received New Year Eve tux false alarms were totalled with the brigade actually only going out with equipment to one of them Volunteer brigade Fire Chief Mick Holmes reminds citizens the brigade is a volunteer one brought out at con expense to the community Volunteers leave their work to answer the call during the days Much time is wasted whether the call is received day or night with certain danger Involved On the other hand if the alarm legitimate valuable minutes are lost checking out the authenticity of the report before sounding the siren These minutes can mean much in fire loss Alone at home Fire chief Holmes thought the callers sounded like children or young people He surmised they might have been left home alone during the school holidays while parents were out Regional proposals Januaiy 22 Regional government pro posals for Halton and in connection with the Steele Committee Report will be announced by the province at a meeting scheduled for January 22 at University Et was reliably learned this week A meeting In scheduled for January Is expected to receive details on the plans far Peel County DATC LEFT UNTIL ACTONS CENTENNIAL A dozen saplings were mowed down in the park this week most likely by a car The new trees were planted In the fall in the northwest corner of the park Us believed the trees mud have been knocked over and broken off by a car since a snowmobile have the weight required to do so much damage Police investigating what they term wilful damage ask anyone with information to get in touch with them The Incident was reported last Friday but it could have happened a day or two before slum ihiu days Three sisters will all appear on television this next week three different episodes of the game show Eye Spy on Channel June of who won a top prize of a trip to Florida will be seen next Wednesday at noon Pat of Acton appears fust this Thursday and Ryan of on Friday They re daughters of Mr and Mrs Thomas Given The shows were taped a couple of weeks after the sisters were selected following an audition Anne MacArtnnr 2 use Christmas bus service Lb towel number of members of the House of Commons to be assigned to the province Ontario quotient is 84 649 Special geographic areas in sparsely settled parts of the province or any special community or diversity of interests may diverge from the rules but In no case shall the population of any electoral district in Ontario exceed 25 per cent or be more than 25 per cent less Public hearings are planned In February at various places to hear representations against the proposed readjustments Mayor aim darts The proposed readjustment of federal election boundaries has found little support among those actively involved in the political scene Acton mayor wondered why Acton would be put in the same riding with villages such as Arthur where Continued on Page Twelvo Page F fteen Cents Anne selected as 1973 Halton Warden ByDavePtak Acton 1973 council will evaluate the towns first Christmas bus service in committee session January The bus system was provided by Tyler Transport at the expense of the town It was aimed to bring Acton shoppers Into the downtown area during shopping days between December 13 and Bus driver Ken Budd using a tally sheet counted passengers throughout the day service Route one the area encompassing Glenlea sub division and the eastern section of town was the most popular of the three bus routes averaging 149 passengers a day Route three consisting of Main St the western section of town and subdivision averaged passengers a day The bus was most used December and the Thursday and Friday before Christmas with passenger counts well above the SOD mark Saturday totals fell into the mid Ted Tyler spokesman for Tyler Transport pointed out that the bus service accomplished more than it set out to do Statistics kept while the bus was in operation indicate that large number of people used the bus to cross town as well as get to the downtown shopping area Mr Tyler said he thought the bus service was a good deal for the people adding that he was looking at It from a self ad vantageous point of view Mayor Lea Duby said council would have to evaluate the bus system before he could speculate on the possibility It would be Assistant clerk Grant Usher said the system was a worth while program for the Christmas season but doubted that It could be run all year There won t be any surprises when the Warden is elected at the inaugural meeting of the 1973 Halton County Council next Tuesday Jan The Warden who will guide the council through what could be the last year of county government In has already been informally selected and the election next Tuesday is only a formality Mrs Anne MacArthur the outspoken Reeve of Township will be Halton new Warden Jim Swanborough Reeve of Burlington is the retiring Warden Mrs MacArthur was elected as Warden on Thursday when members of the new council held a pre Inauguration meeting to name a leader and set up for 1973 The details of the committee structure were not given out but it has been confirmed that Mrs MacArthur was the choice for the top seat a a year job The three hour meeting was held behind closed doors at the county administration building In Thursday It was called an informal meeting Also in the race tor the Wardens seat were Reeve Allan Masson George town Reeve Ric Morrow Reeve Tom Hill and Deputy Reeve Terry Burlington Deputy Reeve David Coons also believed to have been considering the job announced earlier last week he would be too busy with committee work in 1973 to accept the job as Warden Mrs MacArthur refused to comment after the meeting A veteran Township councillor she was re elected Reeve of her municipality in December polling votes against 376 for challenger Don McMillan who was Deputy Reeve A third contender former Deputy Reeve Gordon Agnew polled votes Reeve since The Wardenelect served as a councillor in then Deputy Reeve and in she was named Reeve when William who held that office died suddenly on a holiday trip She held the post ever since For the past years she has been a teacher of home economics and history at Milton District School Reports emanating from Thursday meeting indicate Mannell Masson and Hill were dropped from the balloting In that order leaving councillors to vote finally on MacArthur and Morrow The result was in her favor Halton only other woman Warden was Mrs Mary of the former Nelson Township who held the post in 1949 Mrs MacArthur Is a strong proponent of keeping her Township intact In a regional government She has constantly fought attempts by MUton to lump the southern portion of the township with the county town in a second tier borough Bill Coulter who was Warden In 1967 is the last Warden to come from County Council will Include seven new members this year New members are Reeve Lea Preston of Burlington and Deputy Reeves Mrs M of Milton Ernie of Georgetown Jim Watson of Terry Mannell of Oakville Peter Marks of Acton and Coze of Continued on Pap