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Ninety Ninth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Thirty Pages Fifteen Cents Towns budget stalled no input lommlttec of Mills council Monday they could go no further on the town first because then were no submissions from other lommltleis chairman McKmzii said the earliest the could sturt discussions over the would tie next week Tin treasurerlsaway em holidays and recreation engineering fin budgets have not yet received If the information was available would we In a position to strike a mill rate asked councillor The committee deckled could not can l our budget until know the region from us Councillor Harry budge Is finalized however the llalton Hoard of I duintlnn noted deputy IrmMiur Grant Usher I in thi discussion Mr Usher elistrlhuted sheets showing what the treasury department fell startup costs would be for the The total to over WO hut In deputy treasurer acknowledged there were probably items which the committee and queen Iuik would Hill 151 the apparatus used to sit up government was mainly structural and failed to deal with as startup costs which the municipality hopes lo recover from the Irovlnu Councillor I rnli reminded committee this did not anything Itcausi start up given to hi Region rind thtn distributed to the four llalton municipalities on an pialiscd basis Hit deputy treasurer said the town office hod included all to date In tin figure s which to starting op the new municipality hut felt then would he ad dltlonal items to come He said he town new computer was included because the municipality s of Aclon and iorgitown were on lliclr own equipment hut this became an after Ihe merger lv was suspicious of startup grunts ti sling thill e Hun was me to lh province the possibility seemed further I hi iwn also has working out with the region flu rtlnn levies must be Ihe- town even though the re inn owe the town mom which has bun I In tin effort side ill e ide it re tilt levy tin region would receive only 111 region in turn asked fir break bills In owe llallun Mills an Item tl treasury come up FIRST PLACE ribbon for high jumping at Robert Little field day went to lithe Kim Wood Over she goes Severe labor shortage affects Acton plant Unemployment rates may be high In some ports of but Government statisticians would a hard job con plant managers In and area there is no local shortage of labor Typical of employers In this area who feel this way Is Michael plant manager of Canada Ltd In the Acton industrial centre on Frederick St Mr says is an acute shortage of labor but there Is no shortage of pcoplcvvhodon twanttowork He bases his statement on efforts to acquire additional help for the plant which result In extreme frustrations The company has had a call in at the Canada Manpower since February and only two people have been sent out to try for Yet make on hour after he completes hit training at the Acton plant where nylon Is machined Into com with unusual wear resistance and low surface friction The result is product which outlasts conventional brass and castings as much as tight times plant baby of the worldwide Polymer Corporation of which It is a subsidiary has m exciting growth potential of the giant corporation He predicts a percent Increase In business this car but unless Ihe company can get help to run its production the fantastic potential of the product won be much good He admits the process requires some physical work which can really warm with the 310 de grec temperatures re quired to pour the nylon into castings but says the Jobs are Interesting and have excellent futures because is the only plant of itskind in Canada The plant manager eels the company Is on com Continued on Works strike threat eased The threat of a strike by outside workers of Hills eased Tuesday after a day long meeting with Department of Labor mediator J The town negotiating committee and union representatives reached an agreement which must now be accepted or rejected by council and the members of Local Canadian Union of Public Services Employees A union meeting is scheduled for later this week Doth sides were tight lipped following the meeting and would not disclose any part of the agreement May is still the legal deadline for the strike which could halt garbage pickups road and parks maintenance and grave digging All parties seemed hopeful the agreement would be ratified by the counill and the SO union members of Local The meeting was called by the Department of Labor and was attended by councillors Len Coxc Harry Levy Ernie Sykes Pat Russell Miller and Mayor Tom Hill International representative Jim Anderson I president Kent vice president Rob Hyde and committee member White attended for the union Before Tuesdays meeting the town and the union were five cents an hour apart In basic wages and eight or ten items were In dispute Costs spiral as Salary range 91 jobs bungled for aquatic supervisor A pool supervisor for the indoor swimming pool at Acton in a salary range of was recom mended by Recreation Director Doug Colli son at general administration committee of Hills Monday night saw the person as aquatic supervisor for the whole of Hills after the Georgetown pool is built The duties would Include the out door pool at Georgetown He said It was time to consider the position since he the Acton indoor pool would be complete by the end of August or ihe beginning of September He said the position would demand an diplomi In recreation the possession of Canadian Red Cross Instructors and Certificate and a minimum of the I lie Society Award of Merit He sold a minimum of five years experience In the aquatics field at least three years supervisory experience was needed He said the aquatics super isor would be responsible for the development of an pool program effective a dm nisi ration the hiring and training of pool staff and the preparation of a pool budget The recreation director said the person would start working out of Acton and get the program underway then could take over Georgetown also while someone at a lesser salary could be hired lo assist He stressed the aquatic supervisor would be responsible for the summer program as well Major Tom Hill said it is too soon to start advertising at ihe end of July as was suggested We could have them sitting around here with nothing to do for three months before need them said the major Councillor said they hid the re lo do what is required to get the pool Councillor Dick if there money in the budget for this salary The recreation director said there is no budget as yet for the pool He pointed out the pools to come close to carrying themselves while theolhers it a deficit The report was turned over to the finance committee What was earlier recognized is serious bundling of public funds Is now qualifying as first rate horror Regional Works Committee was id vised Wednesday thai ten prices on eight contricts worth shout had expired nd new tenders could increise costs on those jobs by as high is The increased prices are by escalating costs of and The committee had earlier dealt with the problem of the Kelso water job in Milton where the price escalated from lo Hen then to The Public Works Com mittet is hying the blame on the Municipal Board for not giv ing of the funds earlier the vrar Had the board issued its approval e ontraets would been let at the imtnl prices The approvals were de layed the advent regional Accorellng to BUI a Bill implementing regional government any by laws not approved as of Jan l had to be processed by the new councils In each cose the by were sent back to Queens Park but were not approved in time services for industrial park one the llroite Creek Provincial Pirk Members of the committee shocked to learn the extent of the problem ehairmin Jack was lo deter mine just who on regional staff was responsible for channelling Ihe applications for approval through the After questioning solicitor Noel Holes learned Hates treasurer Don bar mer Works Director Bob Chairman Allan and cabinet ministers Jim Snow and George Kcrr had all been working on the matter Itaftib and Burlington Mayor George Harrington were angry because the committee and council had not been made aware of the Mayor she Arthur said she was aware the holdup on Milton projects had been pursuing the matter with Bailie and on a weekly basis for months She noted one of the projects in Milton was apparently held up because the lost a piece of paper needed for the processing Hates told the committee Continued on page 3 BAND STAND at park entrance is in for a facelift if Hills works committee recommendation is approved by full council Vandalism had turned the lovely structure into an eyesore and it been boarded up late ly Reports indicate its structurally sound Bob Price and Mike look over the damage No report place now Metro homicide division for elections reported no new develop ments this week in the case against Manfred Acton who is charged with ihe murder of Isaac of Toronto There has been no report vet from the Centre of Science following analysis Police continued Iheir investigation at the Baron home Monday No elate for rial Is set Propose swath in cemetery I- or the first lime is In an urban polling division rather than rural and it makes a difference have called at rather than one only as in rural areas Instead of posting lists of voters on handy posts tbe returning officer now mails copies to household In the days when we were rural voters not on Ihe list could be sworn in at the polls No longer II seems a population of means people no longer know their neighbor and more formal methods must prevail If your name ton the list you must contact Ihe returning at once or else no vote Advance poll will be set up as but name must still be on the list A problem or steep back in upcoming homes In Kmgham Mills estates brought Wall of Wind land Associates to Hills wurks committee meet Monday night Town en gineer Peter Morns intro duced the problem and Mr Wall Joined in the discussion which resulted in committee members agreeing to come to to look over the site Mr Wall brought his com request to go to feet onto cemetery property to flatten grades for house lots Thrre sides These houses back on three sides of the far area of I- air view Cemetery as shown In an aerial photograph In Free Press There hav been no burials yet in this of the Mr Wall explained the grade is so steep the hill will end right at the back door of the homes Asked Mayor Tom Hill Dldnt you know this would happen when you sent in your plan Ungodly It an ungodly cliff com councillor Joe Hurst Problem areas were on a map shown by lown engineer Morris A 20foot strip of bush would bewtpexl out ed chairman Cote Engineer Peter Moms said he saw nothing wrong with the proposal but a number of fairly large trees would have to go The developer wants lo start work in this area in four weeks Mr Wall said A draft agreement has been The developers did not pro pose to buy the cemetery land other than to lower the grade of the slope Into their building lots on three sides The works committee agreed to view the site Service Sunday Centennial Decora lion Day service is this Sun day afternoon with a parade at 30 followed by the ice at Cemetery at Georgetown Legion Band will join Acton Citizens Band in the parade Members of the ministerial association will take part in the service and families are Inv to decorate the graves of loved ones AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH of Acton indicates area lower the grades of their property on three sides of of cemetery and Ktngham Hills estates which will the back of the cemetery by cutting 20 feet into the be toured by the works committee of Hills property Backyards of houses to be built there council soon Ray Wall of Windland Associates have too sharp a slope he explained Many trees Monday requested permission for developers to would be cut if the project were approved WORKMAN AT Kmgham Hills estates grades the area to be discussed by Hills works committee following a tour of the site Slope of lots brought request to works committee Monday that 20 feet be taken off the cemetery land right to permit a less sharp slope Three sides of the cemetery property at its farthest end are involved