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Bandmaster leads martial tune At last week a council meeting councillors from wards and A questioned grant to Acton Citizen Hand of and Georgetown Pipe Band of A plebiscite of Acton had approved I lie grant to Acton band One councillor said it looked as If Acton hid been relying on council for support and had not been raising money themselves he pointed out Georgetown Girls ripe Band buy their own instruments Another suggested Acton demanding the grant After reading accounts of last week meeting bind director George lit conferred with his issoclalcs and they have written the following letter council Acton and Georgetown newspapers The Fdltors Acton tree Press Georgetown Independent Dear Sirs As Musical Director and long lime of Citizens Band founded and in operation since I must reply lo press reports regarding the band annual grant The problem is one feeling regional government decisions since the beginning Georgetown representatives and administrators in Hills know little about appear to care less and measure by what has happened In Consequently are made about Acton affairs which are often misinformed or wrong Tf representatives did not know the Acton Hand tlon they should have called me for information come up to sec us or talked lo Councillors and both former Council members on the Hand Committee Since they did not some of tin unfortunate Impressions created by their must he corrected Firstly the Baud did not demand its grant as reported but was asked in to submit a budget for 1 is it always did This was sub milted The Band thin cut back Its remaining prognmmc to save money for operations in 1974 bcciusc a delay In receiving Its grant was anticipated This delay has stretched out In a whole and put the Hind In some difficulty I personally have been working lo lOpm two nights a week all year as Director of the Music Programme nopa Hills councillors hive not had to do this and probably would not The Acton is larger then the for Georgetown Girls Pipe Band The situations quite different We hai people it present in our totil Band programme for girls and boys men and women of aliases Senior Hand Junior Bond Junior and Adult instruction classes This works out to a cost of about per person per year The Pipe Band has members all girls and which gives them about per person per ear This Is not a criticism Ihclr operation students to pay for a Tuba We would nnl have a hand unless we supplied instruments Also Pipe Band numbers pay for tuition which Hand supplies free is part of their public hen ice No me is excluded from he Acton programme for per financial reasons At one time had i Citizens Band Hint Hand died of starvation because the community would not give In financial support necessary to main it We know this because and Georgetown Binds had close contacts and often discussed the lack of support Georgetown By contrast the much town of Aeton to Its credit wis more enlightened in it the Acton funds in i grant established by cite in the and again in the 1950s As result Acton has a cultural iclivily enjoyed li of its and per charge for all sorts of con certs civic occasions and celebrations in Acton In fact the Band appeared at no charge for Inauguration of GO train service in George town no other Bond the request of Hills Mayor The Band is a musical organization and not a fund one It did raise con money and eon tributednll the labour to build its self supporting practice hall This means all grant money is used for musical progrimmes and not par lially for rent of a practice hall II members had to spend time year after year trying to raise money for operation in addition to their musical activities the Band would quickly die Look what happened to Georgetown Hand submitted a brief detailing its complete history operation and programmes to the Hills Recreation director early In 1974 This is nvailablc for all Councillor to read The former Aeton Council always bad complete and open access to all Band financial and musical programme information I would ask then that Hills Councillors and Administrators who don t know the Hand if they really want to be conscientious and fair come and sec our any Tuesday or Wednesday night from p m to to m If there are questions they should contact me or our Bond President Mr or come to our Hand Committee meetings held once a month them they could slate fads to be quoted In the press in stead of misconceptions Yours truly The Acton Free Press Wed November Small fire A fire in the finishing was extinguished Tuesday by the plants own fin brigade 209 of which saw a Injured There were hurl In accidents Hand To conclude the Aetna BUSINESS as usual in the Bank of Montreal minutes after a phoney bomb scare Police are seeking identity of the male caller who caused the dismption Friday Noith and Acton police officers keep an eye on Your Home Decorating PANELAND HOME DECORATING CENTRE 25 Sta6es Ave Mltton 8785400 87832611 Council calls tune okays grants Continued from Pago 1 the about a vendetta Ward I stated Hyde There h is been less parochialism shown Ward I ban inywhcrc else ind our budget shows it In fact everyone is been pro Word 1 said lie hoped he Georgetown Citizens md Ik understood had been WO When you pay a bandmaster I a ye hen pay lo rent Cedar vale there not much loll to run a band He slid be had received this information from a former levy said he and the rt there were inequlli s tin he advice 111 said was hack the grants in at In null Ins been set If we wen at the end straightened it iw 1 s ml i seldom sx i ut Bui the mi mi i from At ton does kind or In li tins insinuations If r to in wh not Mi li hill by Tin motion to tin hind link to the m towns whs defeated with Hyde and m favor THE MORNING after Gord Cooper sluices soap off the windows at Hintons store Best thing yet new cement walks Pipe Band has different needs and requirements It would appear hough Bind operates at less cost per person per Pipe Band members must buy their own instruments which is a real credit lo and Ihcir interest in Ibe Bind bul since this excludes people who cannot the cost is unfair hand such as supplies most Instruments A set of pipes costs A band Instrument costs prices for all other in up from thai Wc cannot expect our Tutu who are workers or The best thine Lomment of one Ac ton i cement sidewalks in town Acton council previously favored asphalts to save New wilks ire being laid on Knox Park St Willow liner and i small piece of John in the current project cost is ibout if Construction his the contract work will within the ntxt week and i half Pool open At last There II be swimming in Acton pool by this weekend Supervisor Ann Pickering phoned the Free Press Wednesday morning at a in to promise public swimming Saturday Sunday and Monday from 1 to m No deaths last year on Acton streets Statistics lecently released by the Ministry of Coin shows there were no fata car accidents last year in Acton the least number of collisions in this Last year there were ac with no deiths In there were people ivilh a total of people hurt There were in which property wis The Regional Municipality of Halton CALL ROY CRAWFORD MASS0N MOTORS Guelph St Georgetown 6111 CARPET SALES 110 HILL STREET GEORGETOWN 25 MILL STREET ACTON 8771900 8531541 TWO MS FEATURING CELANESE ARMSTRONG DOM COR VENTURE BURLINGTON KRAUS Goad a any Roete ILL PURPOSE RUG Oiler FREE Use of our Rug Shampooer with purchase of Bissell Rug Shampoo at Regular Price