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Wed July A ft ALEX CURR1E draws on his pipe and stts in the of s front garden during the retired annual get together Fete George Bowman at retirement party Late Thursday afternoon was warm and sunny for the annual lit more retirement party held at the plant amidst babbling brooks and shady trees The retired employees were on hand to rchnah old and witness the retirement of George Bowman an employee for Ml yunw Beardmore President Peter Dunham made the to Mr Bowman Plant officials and men who had made the tannery their life win It discussed their period of employment at the plant hi tlm plant operation and joked about the men they used to work with Mr Dunham retold the story of Harry who on tlm of retirement performed a hand stand in the office to hit fit A buffet style dinner concluded the festivities ah hud beef chicken spareribsandaroundofstrawberryHlioituikit Retired imployees range in age from legislated tii ago the age of Sam Perry who is believed to be the of the group This years gathering included two of three retired Presidents and Jack Creighton S G Bennett tin oldest could not attend G Ungell vice president of Pack r was also in attendance Peter Dunham felted titftniVi t of retired employ it their annual banquet Thursday FRED ANDERSON Harold Bambndge of Beardmore s Toronto office Percy Evans and Claude Cook took part in the festivities at Beardmore annual retirement party OLD FRIENDS had the chance to discuss retire ment years and the days when they worked for Beardmore and Company Refreshments were plentiful and the men enjoyed a buffet dinner of chicken roast beef and strawberry shortcake Halton Hills councillor and Beard more employee greets friends at the get together Thursday evening Teachers get raise Rezone Main North from GUARD opposes Continued from Pago One have to pay more in taxes next year because of settlement added it t matter that per cent of the going to leichcrs under the new agreement came from Ihc province since it all has to come from taxpayers pockets Goodjear noted the infhtlon rale is be tween and per cent and wondered if the Board w ill get a per cent increase in product from the teachers Trustee Richard Good in tried to hat the settlement tabled so the Board would more time to look it over and ilsoive the public to read to Ihe ill million It will have to fork over in increased provincial and municipal taxes The public has not been kept informed on negotiations Background and inform should be provided for the before we approve this he said His suggestion to table contract until July or August was defeated Trustee Helen HowardLock said taxpayers er been reluctant to put their money into education and added she was prepared lo go along with the settle ment She warned Ihe teachers the public will be more demanding in the future of their educators Trustee Doug tt said Ihe new con tract I be viewed isolation but could on be examined in light of other settlements in Onto no and Canada He noted that unlike Toronto teachers teachers didn negotiate a decrease in the pupil teacher ratio and he thought this was plus in the settle ment favor Wood pointed out has alwivs been among boards with the lowest costs and he didn I think the new contract would alter that position Good ear suggestion this contract was a good place to start stemming the tide of inflation saying It Is difficult to tackle inflation with Just this one contract Wood concluded new contract was a responsible settlement Trustee Bill Law son said both board and teacher negotiators had worked hard and had been put In a tough spot because of organized teacher salon negotiations across Canada I suggest a negative vote on this con tract is in support of our faith thai the tea wont strike A positive vote will mean we have lost faith our teachers and are afraid ihev will strike he stated Trustee Bill said there have been strikes in other parts of Ontario and there is no rcison to there be one in He added it would be to ignore what is happening through the province the in isolation and said few of workers got a raise of 30 percent this He concluded the public won like the per cent wage boost said the negotiators had up now managed lo keep the money figures secret mil hi led test public reaction Last I haul wail until next year vou haven seen anything yet this just wait until next you haven seen yet warned He said education costs continue to rise out of all proportion to productivity in ana higher pay always lead lo work suggested higher pay leads to arrogance and lack of He noted that both board chairman Judy Alexander and Director of Education Jim Singleton his predicted tough of negotiations w the leichers and this had set the lone of negotiations de clared thai too many people had gone into negotialioas w ith a attitude and it had led disaster The in favor of accep ting tht new secondary school teachers contract and 102 in favor of ratifying the new contract for elementary school in structure Trustee Bill Milton and Tom Wilson Hills voted against the contract hile Hills Milton voted in favor of the settlement said that in light of Ihe sub stantial seltlement hoped the board would look at its staff expectations in a light I hope teachers will look at Ihcir own performance in different light now The only way to increased costs is with increased productivity he said predicted the teachers will have a tough lime with the public and hoped Ihe teachers would show the public in improved performance in the class Last years settlement teachers cost taxpayers S3 The leichers then an 13 per cent increase industrial to residential Street signs future uncertain Halton Hills works com It tee has delayed a decision on the fate of illuminated street signs until the of the year Last year it cost over 3 700 for replacement of damaged street signs in Georgetown Thirty seven illuminated signs tell victim to vandalism 1974 and already this year 17 have been damaged The committee decided their Monday night meeting that they will review the situation at the end of the year but plans to install will be delayed It cost us over S3 just to replace the signs last ear I would hate to see us not pulling up these kinds of signi because they look very nice but we may have to decide to change back lo the flat metal name plates because the ones cost so much Councillor Hyde explained Deputy engineer Bob Austin suggested the own might consider putting the street signs up on hydro poles He said baled refuse Hilton Hills Planning Board will consider a strip of on Main Street North in industrial area from industrial lo residential Houses have been on all the land but lot for years decision was made after Solicilor Kerr asked for a rezoning on the front of a lot thai runs from Main Street North back to Willace Street lot would remain industrial The land is owned by Environmental Technical Services who want to sell front lot to Douglas G but intend rel the back lot access on Wallace Street for light warehousing in 1973 by the residents asking for a residential zoning He said In his opinion he change was desirable since the houses ore already then He said this was Ihe only piece area abutting Highway Main Street North Planner Mario Vendltti agreed saying if there was a spot someone could buy up he houses tear them petition hod gesled it would be better To been brought lo Acton council everything in that properly left Jutting out downand put up a factory right next to a house He said the planning department was trying to have the whole strip rezoncd resident la 1 among houses Councillor Joe Hurst GUARD is being rcac operation can increase The Group United life of i landfill site by per Against Rural Dumping cent under the direction of would operate the chairman Bill Johnson will system charging the Region form again to oppose any a per ton of rcfust effort by Regional handled by Ihc system Council to purchase a gar showed the com fl Future of blockhouse discussed at meeting future use of the blockhouse in Prospect Park was under discussion at the Recreation Advisory Committee Thursday evening Ed Wood has been trying for half years to obtain part of the building for storage for the minor base ball association He explained that Ihe former Parks and board of Acton had passed a resolution that both sides would be for base ball At the present lime uniforms and equipment for several teams arc hanging in his own basement and garage If a storage area were to be made available lo the association it would be much more for all concerned Mr Wood told his fellow committee members that if a spare room or rooms were to be given to his cause the cupboards would be built at the ball associations expense It would be arranged in such a way that the room would be locked at all limes except for the use of the ball or soccer teams Building renovation Work being done at the present time is the renovation of the New toilets have been put in and partitions put up The whole building will soon be painted to match the arena It Is hoped by the com mittee members that John Cooper recreation co ordinator pointed out that the building is too warm causing chocolate bars and other foods to melt in their wrap pings explained the cost The houses have been there for years commented Hurst Councillor Duby said an appeal by the residents in to have the area residential was turned down He said using a petition from was illogical since some of Ihe people may have changed their minds Mr Kerr said he only used that to show the intention at the time If they the residents t make the grade as a group In 1973 there would be com- ess Ion booth can also be pointed out hat most parks In installed in building for the area have such a booth its for park including Glen Williams and patrons conditioner to a lot of questions if it is re- overcome this and other zoned now for one applicant problems would be from 1500 said Duby to Planning board decided to Mr Wood felt revenue have the of ihcHigh- such a booth would soon way studied by the plan- pay for the air conditioner who said he would report the wages to man it and also back within a month help to fix up the general building Pop ice cream and other things could be sold so park users wouldn have to go all the way to the arena to quench their Mr Wood baling and dumping Members of the region public works committee lost week heard a presentation by Morris J of Wax man and Sons I imited regarding the purchase of the system called his system a true sanitary landfill site in a brief before the com mitlee Wednesday noting there would be no blowing paper and refuse to pollute Ihe site no water allowed to drain onto ad jacent lands and no reeding places for rats told the committee is no odor involved with this operation and is without fire and explosion danger like bricks Garbage bales weigh about pounds each and are laid at Ihe landfill site like bricks and covered with a layer of clean dirt dally claims his garbage baling landfill site in Massachusetts Johnson is opposed to tht system noting he had seen a film of a lea site in California at fl yearly rainfall In California averages inches com pared to 5 inches in Johnson added baled garbage is not inert and can still pollute according to James former Minister of the In a letter to Public Works committee chairman Jack Johnson points out a previous petition issued by GUARD to prevent baled garbage dumping was signed by f Reeve Anno now mayor of Milton and former Reeve Tom Hill now mayor of Hills as well as other rural 11200 cash for parkland for Ransom St subdivision higher up and harder for people lo destroy Committee chairman Joe Hurst said the illuminated signs may prove to be a luxury the town can afford We may have lo abandon the illuminated signs As they ire we might have to replace them with the metal name plates It a shame if we hive to The illuminated ones look so nice Hyde said It was decided ho problem will be reviewed at the end of Manor Estates Councillor I oay 111 cash in of aned the lot vy should not eland for the proposed 16 be totally based on other municipalities The planner lol levy on a single family In Acton was Georgetown Morrow said the big levies between the north and south of the Region ii multiple family Police busy with loitering assault parkland for the proposed 16 lot subdivision known as Adams Court on Ransom Street Acton if Hills council adopts a planning board recommendation Councillor Ric Morrow said the a lot figure had been used in lieu of the deeding of five per cent parkland which produced the 111 amount Councillor Joe Hurst pointed out that the agree ment covers construction of storm sewers but only lo the Act0 detachment of harm al 12 am Friday lot line HecIaimedUiewater the Ontario Provincial Police alter another man was struck would come to Main Street w with at and run across private pro- loiterers and I iquor residence Thc injured man Control Act violators received cuts and to Planner Mario Vcnditil Sunday they charged left hand said Ihe developer would youths with on Mil SL One of the property owner the youths was charged at for lnP said the storm sewers would Warn while other was be constructed to the town charged at a m engineers specifications An out of town man was While Morrow suggested charged with possession of the III for parkland he at 10 am suggested it was time the Saturday Thc man found in town revised Its lot levies lown man following a shoplifting incident at Beckers Milk Store last Tuesday There wtre five liquor seizures during Ihe week DRUMMER TERRY LEGATE for Ronnie and the Rainbows put on an excellent showing of rock roll in front of the community centre town revised its lot levies up- possession of a small quantity ward He claimed Oakvillc the Illegal drug will ap- Burlington had lot levies pineal three or four times higher court on July than Hills He said A man was charged Burlington levy was assault bodily There were no fires In Acton and area this week according to fire chief Mick Holmes