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Effective in 1974 Unveil new region Jan 23 Regional government reform for the Halton Peel and Hamilton areas will be unveiled at a meeting in Hamilton on Tuesday evening Jan The longawaited news of how the provincial government wants to redesign the exterior and interior boundaries of the four areas Is expected to culminate over seven years of region discussions here Treasurer Charles McNaughton is sending individual invitations to councillors and planning board members in the three counties and the city The meeting is at 8 m at Mohawk College Once the proposals are unveiled local municipalities will be invited to discuss the proposals with MeNaughtona parliamentary assistant Arthur K for York East Halton East MPP Jim Snow gave a few hints of what is expected to unveiling when he visited an OakvlUe Council meeting on Saturday Discussions with Meen are expected to start in early February he said and the government would like to have the legislation drafted by the first of May The legislation should be passed in June before the summer recess at Queens Park the first chairman of the local region should be named by July 1 he said Elections for both the regional and local level councils will be held in October the regions will come Into being Jan l Snow indicated Snow refused to give any hints on how the regions will be set up and what Ihey will include but he said the governments policy is to have a minimum population of in each new region a good indication Burlington will stay with the remainder of Halton County Holtons population including Burlington is Just short of There are 197000 residents In and of them live in Burlington fne first regional council will sit for three years and subsequent councils for two years Snow said The first chairmen will be chosen by the province but after that they will be named locally The government will pay the costs of the election this fall but after that it will be a regional expense he said Niagara Escarpment may have some bearing on the shape of the new regional boundaries Snow hinted But he did not elaborate Former municipal affairs minister Dorcy McKeoughs proposal to merge and Peel into one region has been scrapped Snow sold Ninety Eighth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Eighteen Pages Fifteen Cents Anne hints four unit Halton MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG Sidcroad in township on a recent Saturday must have been astonished to see figures dressed in costumes such as Jack Barnes wears when they passed the property of Hugh just east of the Line Turn inside for more details and pictures H Coles Photo Asks Erin township regulate snowmobile Mrs Jennifer Barr Acton appeared before Erin township council Monday to request legislation regarding snowmobiles Mrs whose thoroughbred horse had to be destroyed last after being struck by a snowmobile on the road asked that bylaws be passed restricting speed on township roads and suggested a curfew hour She pointed out that since Erin has no restrictions were coming In from other town ships which have them adding that sometimes the act that there are no regulations seems like a free ticket to Irres ponsibility The noise factor and night visibility should be considered Mrs said The high pitched whine from five mobiles going miles an hour is bad for people and its much much worse for horses and other livestock Also Ive spoken to many people with snowmobiles who have said that night visibility an hour Its Just about nil Maybe at point Reeve Lloyd Lang agreed with some of Mrs Barrspoints and commented that Maybe were coming to the point where were going to have to do something but right now theres no way we can enforce it and I cant see how the OPP could enforce It There have been many com plaints In Erin and in the village of Itself In a pro posed bylaw was drafted but not passed for lack of means of enforcement Reeve Lang told Mrs Barr that they would contact the OPP and find out other rural bylaws then ask for suggestions on what might be done He also ottered to discuss with the township solicitor what bylaws could be made Mrs agreed that that was a start adding It was only a horse this time but It could easily have been someone out looking for that horse Speculation that Halton will become a fourborough system of regional government rather than a threeborough system which Is favored by six of the seven Halton municipalities was expressed Monday when Reeve Anne MacArthur gave her inaugural address to the town ships 1973 council At present it Is my feeling will be a fourborough system despite the fact a three- borough system was supported by the rest of the county aha told fellow councillors If the province decides on four we will have to start and work hard to see that the people of get the best deal possible coalition Mrs MacArthur led her Nassagaweya Council into a proposed coalition with Acton Georgetown and last summer when the four councils put their heads together and decided a north Halton borough Including an unwilling Milton was the best makeup for this area when regional government comes Into beinglikely In 1974 The outspoken reeve has for several years stressed that Township must remain as one in the proposed region and she has resisted any attempts by Milton Council to absorb portions of the south part of the township into a central unit Milton however has pressed for the central unit stretching almost from Heltons east to west boundaries and Including the southern portion of Nassagaweya and Esqueslng townships as well as the northern parts of Oakville and Burlington The county town won no support on this proposal at the conference last September During her inaugural address Mrs MacArthur said will probably have to give up some of the areas Actons Standing 1 tor are retiring clerkadministrator assessment In last was held Monday night Hon Charles Mac- Hurat Councillors Barry Norm Elliott Bill Coats Nassagaweya diverted away is scheduled to announce regional government plans Chapman Bill Earl Masales and the towns new from the north Her reference for Halton later this month Seated to are Deputyreeve clerkadministrator Grant Usher New members of the nine on poo Peter Marks Mayor Duby and Reeve Garnet Pat town Councillors and Gibbons photo Challenge committee structure Committee structure and council appointments to boards were finalized at Monday nights inaugural meeting of Acton council but a decision on the structure of the influential budget committee was delayed following separate proposals put forward by Deputyreeve Peter Marks and Councillor Norm Elliott Mayor Les had Included in his list of appointments a five man budget committee con sisting of Reeve Pat McKenzle as chairman Deputyreeve Marks and Councillors Bill Coats and Earl and himself Marks proposed that the budget committee be made up of just three people one member of each councils two main com mittees plus the mayor He said he felt council as a whole could have been given more information on the budget than they were last year He agreed it would be unwieldy to have all nine members of council sitting on the budget committee and suggested it be limited to a minority of council with the representative of each main committee acting as a liaison for colleagues All nine The Elliott proposal called for all nine members to be Included on the budget committee Councillor Elliott said he thought council two new members would benefit greatly from such an arrangement Councillor Earl Masales wondered If a three man com mittee could muster the input required in preliminary budget work He suggested the cutoff date for budget committee work be moved ahead so that proposals could come to the whole of council earlier Reeve Pat said he wouldnt mind all members meeting as a budget committee and further suggested facts and figures from the town office be presented to local boards and Convicted A 16yearold Acton district youth was convicted In court In Milton Monday on charges of dangerous and careless driving He was charged following a chase on Oct 16 through roads in Acton and townships He was fined K00 and his license suspended for two years committees well they start working on the budgets they will submit to council Perhaps if they had these figures they could come up with a better budget the first time and Mayors promise Mayor Duby said he confident remarks made last year about the budget committee Buyabrick campaign is growing weekly By Jock Carpenter The campaign for Acton centennial project is underway donations have been received this week adding new names to the growing list Les BUI Coats Ted Tyler John Paul Nielsen Harold Townsley Jack Carpenter Joyce Carpenter Bradley Kane John Goy Anne Katz David Katz G looker Fred J Salt Hartley Coles Denis Gibbons Robert Jennings Christine Jennings Gloria Jennings Jim Jennings As this list grows so does our community centre There are over people in Acton today Everyone should be buying a brick to ensure their name being commemorated along with our centennial The brick campaign will not be the end of our fund raising campaign it just the beginning Our first target is for stage one of the Community Centre Our goal this year is to have to complete stage one and two of the project will be asking for greater contributions when the major fund raising gets under way in a few short weeks Anyone wishing to send funds now or make donations they will be received by all the local banks and the Acton Community Credit Union or mail direct to Acton Centennial Box 100 Acton Plan to do something about it now The best results In a project such as ours depends on funds available at the start of construction Buy a Brick today and give generously to the Centennial fund later Want to volunteer your help Get in touch with the Commission there Is lots to do system are quite valid He promised there will be Joint committee meetings to discuss specific items of the budget this Council decided to refer the Marks and Elliott proposals to committee for further discussion Appointments Monday included the following Administration Committee Deputyreeve Marks Adminis tration Reeve McKenzle Finance Councillor l Planning and development Councillor Elliott Property and cemetery and Mayor Public Works and Utilities Committee Councillor Masales Roads and Maintenance Coun cillor Coats Sewers and Water Councillor Inscoe Lights and Sanitation Councillor Chapman tire and police and Mayor Planning board reps Coun cillor Elliott and Chapman Development Commission reps Councillors Coats and Parks and rec reps Coun cillors Chapman and Band rep Reeve McKenzle Hydro Commission rep Mayor with Reeve as official substitute Library board Mayor fConrlnutd on DAYS LEFT UNTIL ACTONS CENTENNIAL Acton mans photographs inBerton book CLUB PRESIDENT Ron and Mr and Mrs Roy to avoid safety hazards in the area Outside is a Johnston of at the ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday as where members may gather to chat and get the blood the Acton Snowmobile Club opened its new headquarters on circulating after a cold day on the The club which is land by the rear the First promoting common sense in the use of snowmobiles has The open air building located in a heavily wooded area several trad rides cookouts and a sports day planned for the contains a lunch counter tables and food supplies and is also winter months equipped with a map snowing trails club members should use Gibbons photo Pierre latest book on railroads in Canada The Great Railway Illustrated contains two pictures from the collection of an Acton man Ed McKnIght Credit is given In the book to Mr McKnight and to three Toronto people whose photographs were used Moat of the other pictures in the volume come from archives and libraries This Is Mr third book on Canadian railroads and follows The Last Spike and The National Dream These two were lacking in pictures and Mr wrote to author Berton telling him about his photo graphs Correspondence followed and subsequently Mr Berton purchased the right to use two of the pictures One takes two full pages in the book Its of a rock cut north of Lake Superior The second Is of McKays harbor in showing both the rail lines and a ship in harbor Mr McKnight is keenly interested in railroads and worked with the ON until his retirement years ago when he moved to Acton Hes SS now and lives with his wife at 115 Poplar Ave He even lived In a railway station When it wag no longer needed the old Moore Pw station in Toronto was where the McKnight family lived for years his book belong to Mr MeKnighls grandfather who was an executive with the CP Mr alto has many old Dhotoftraphs of Toronto