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Tl Acton Free Press Wednesday January 10 1 Ottawa Report by Terry O Connor Halton MP Trie other day I strode lie In hand Into one of the largest government departments deter mined to solve a problem for one of my constituents As I approached a pleasant looking civil servant behind the counter I noticed a large grey computer and faster than the old models In addition to the standard type of Government Red Tape we developed a new brand which wo call Bureaucratic lied rape It actually created as a byproduct of the space Industry It contains a new room It was about six feet square by feet long and displayed a series of dials and graphs on the front It buzzed quietly What that I tried to sound casual in case I was supposed to know You noticed ho replied his face brightening in satisfaction NEW OFFICERS OF Walker Lodge A F and A M were warden Bro H Elliott treasurer middle row installed Monday evening ari Grand Master Bro organist H Near junior deacon back row Bro asked somewhat nonplussed C Rognvaldson director of ceremonies Don Van Hard to cut Fleet chaplain E yds thatswhereitsallmado Newton installing master like machine in the cornier of the type of synthetic material that s Harold Copeland paid a fraternal visit to the lodge New of fleers front row left to right VW Herb Ritchie secretary George Hargrave junior warden Wor Bro Harold Copeland R Erin Wor Melbourne Blow the new Master of the lodge Ray immediate past master RoyKnapton senior this department Muchlargcr III Settle appointments will advertise I Council has decided to follow the lead of other municipalities and advertise for Interested persons to serve on the townships various boards and committees As a result only the regular council appointments were finalized at last Wednesday s Inaugural meeting Rem lorn Hill len and Councillor Wilfrid IjosUo were named to servo on the fire area committee Reeve Hill and fresh man Councillor George will represent the township on the Acton tire area committee and Councillor Dick will retain his scat on the Milton fire area committee Int meats Re appointments Included Hili as reprc- MASTER OF Walker Lodge A and A M has been presented to a lodge member here on the Credit Valley years ago Ollie Moffat centre was Other past masters to receive the Jewel Roy Conservation Authority and presented with a year past master s jewel Mcintosh and George King no longer lived by V Herb Ritchie and here at the time of the presentation Master Ray Thompson right Monday This by Dills is the first time a 50 year past master s jewel Applications are now being accepted from interested rate payers for two positions on committee of adjustment District Memorial Hospital board representative two positions on the township library board Halton County Museum board representative wo positions on township planning board and three positions on Hornby ball park committee Reject suggestion Council rejected a suggestion by clerk treasurer Delmar French that an extra councillor be appointed to planning board instead of a ratepayer Councillor said he had mixed feelings about the suggestion and Reeve Hill said he felt it would be bettor to retain the present appointment system Beardmore to bear cost representative on the Region Conservation Authority Councillor Maltby was chosen to represent council on the Community Hall board township will not be charged for the installation of fire hydrants In connection with the extension of a water line south on Highway from Acton to nine properties Mayor told the Free Press last week the cost of installation of three hydrants will be borne by which has requested extension of the line Raises question Reeve Hill raised the question at last week s inaugural township council meeting Informing his colleagues is still charged an annual rental fee by the town of Georgetown for hydrants Instated on the Seventh line at the time of the extension of a water line near is bearing the entire cost of extending the line to service nine township properties whose wells are allegedly polluted by spraying from the company s operations Cash donation In addition to installing laterals and appurtenances for each property the company is giving each owner cash as a con tribution towards town water charges which the owners must bear A Beardmore spokesman said installation of the fire hydrants will result in a fire insurance premium saving for each owner Caroline Flower Garden Centre Acton Side Cut Flowers Polled Plants Funeral Arrangements Corsages Etc Always a good supply of FRESH CUT FLOWERS WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE Caroline Flower Garden Centre Acton Leading Two Miles West of Acton South Side of Highway Phone extremely strong almost impossible to cut even with the sharpest mind or the most pointed questions You mean you actually work at red tape I Inquired dubiously Well the machine does the work now for the whole department At least for Hie near future But we hope eventually to develop a now branch the department with full staff to handle the expected increased number of files and matters that will require the application or red tape to them My goodness I said for lack of any other appropriate reply Serve them all But our ultimate goal he confided lowering his voice across the counter around for possible eavesdroppers is an entire new department to serve the needs of all government agencies The Department of Red Tape filenames of several Members of Parliament whom 1 thought would be eminently suitable ministers of the new department through my mind A rebuttal occurred to me It won work 1 shot back theory has already been tried with Information Canada It was set up as a single centralized agency to gather reproduce and Georgetown gets GO yard A storage yard for Ontario passenger rail cars will be located within CNR property immediately north of the Georgetown station and not In township as was proposed distribute Information on all Council which had government programs and fought to keep the rail car policies But as we know it a bedroom out of the township rath department has received the news In a letter from to maintain Its own the Ministry of Transportation information section to handle the and Communications publication and distribution of most of its own material Information Canada is Invariably will be provided late getting material or the M supply is inadequate not it Why I exclaimed finger pointed upwards forgetting Preferred sites momentarily that I was not addressing an Ministry officials Preferred why a Department of township sites one between Hid like Information Una la would only In torgctown and the other two on duplication ot waste I west side of the Seventh Lino S part of the pro permitting shutdown of loco motive and auxiliary engines overnight I locution west of crossing would be Ideal since there Is a triumphantly before natural there to help muffle could finish Now you got tho it Ik flowed at so completely making his point I slunk out flic in hand problem unsolved having 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