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DAVIES TRUCK EQUIPMENT is the newest industry in Acton Industrial Park which manufactures trailer and truck equipment will be at 21 Commerce Court Angus A Mac pherson vice president and general manager of the Acton branch hopes to employ up to v eldermechanics Davies Truck new industry Divies Truck Lid of tilt r ind truck equipment will soonmove into I premises it Acton who for the pist jean h out of id KclfieldSl nexl to Holt I decided on the move to Acton bet of its in south weslcrn close lo the tin 7 WindM Mill continue a division out of KclfieldHd Hit ton division will do new instill truck equip service on trucks will ive i pirts dcjnrtmcnl strmi truck transposition industry i tompjnv is iv distributor ind il M hi h ped to up to 10 inns linn the lot il in i on job is in my spoils BIAs unite to draw money from new provincial plan The ami Georgetown Business Improvement Areas I joined forces last night in a hid to Ret a slice of a millton provincial pie Both groups are blocked from a provincial program designed to breathe new life in streets of small Ontario communities Under tht scheme called the Main Street Pro gram the Aclon and George town groups are stopped from qualifying because Hills does not have a property maintenance and occupant standards by he cause Hilton Hills his too mmy people There are other which the can meet Unfortunately the provincial ministry of nous when it set up the pro gram used the municipality of under The province accepts the Hills population figure of ibout rather in the population of tht centres w here the BI do their w Hit Progn loir to hut to or fewer people niglil meeting in he Acton Library found both officials working willi B on ways matching the criteria Councillor said he would seek I stiff report con mint updile of tht pro- perl cup by I He told the meeting the ome Acton Holdings want official plan inclusion Holdings Ltd owners of 118 acres at the Fourth I ine and Highway Acton wint their land included in the Acton East concept of the draft Official Plan A letter from solicitors Soplnka and McCloy said the lands are located on the immtdiatL out skirts of Acton and hivt considerable frontage Highway 7 The letter claimed the lands are close to serviets ind both elementary schools The solicitor said rtihtd inclusion in the plan did not mean immedntt approval for development Iml suggested future growth will in the ire east of wis referred to the planning department Planning board with such by law about three igo but there mav be changes Henry Stichyra of Acton group and Hob of the Georgetown art to reprcsentu lions to tht provincial mm about their Interest in the and how tan about complying with it Booth said he would go with them if they liked Mr called the meetint be first joint murine of tin combined ltls Booth suLLestcd substituting the plan definition of urban centre within Hilton Hills for Iht pn s version of Mr stressed the need lo mike the thoughts f two groups known soon ralhtr than accept the fact th not tnnform to present requirements Other protrims down the roid will very likely use the siitil critenii as i guideline Such may fit Atton or Georgetown perfectly but Continued on Page BERNICE MCLEOD AND were home to receive Halton Housing Authority members last Wednesday when they handed out awards for a gardening contest Mrs McLeod said the results were all her husband Clarences work Authority members Doliy and Jack McGeachie present Mrs McLeod with a plant and a Smoke Bush Bill Coats to seek Acton regional seat Acton high school teacher member of the land division Bill toots has announced that committee for the past five he will seek the Aclon years of regional govern regional council seat in men November elections If he is elected Mr Coots He was an Aeton councillor will become a part time for five years and has been a teacher It has been arranged Election story so far Here how things so far in for be municip election November The one Acton regional scat will be contested bv Bill Coals and Goodwin It is Pit rwo ire i council se its ore to be filled Present councillor will rurninn However councillor Peter Murks intends to retire politics Pat he hid intended to retire now feels his experience may be needed and be miv vet run for office Bert is tin onU declared indid lit f r the town it which he presently holds Betty 1isher of Georgetown his sine her in did None from mdic in intention of runuinL for poslofmivrroflhlton Hills Nnminiliondt for another part time teacher to take some of his teaching load so he can devote more time to the position His candidacy has been approved by the board of education and his school principal His part time teaching would begin in the second semester The board has been cooperative Mr Coats commented He is a mathematics teacher in various grades He is also a partner in a new Acton business A I Clearance The store is in the process of moved into Hie Old free Press building on Mill St I have desire and the willingness to serve the public he lie and his wife Gloria and their family live on Young St BILL COATS will seek the area and regional seat for Acton in municipal elections this November Also declared for this single seat is Roy Good win It is presently held by Pat McKenzie Mr Coats math teacher at Acton high school is a former Acton councillor and at present a member of the land division committee One Hundred and Fourth No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1978 Thirty Eight Pages- Fifteen Cent More talks on Elmore bikes The muchdiscussed unopened roid on Drive Aclon at the end of Elizabeth Street will have another discussion Hills council decided Monday At committee meeting list week it was decided to fences and eate to prevent motorized vehicles using the land as a jumping off point into private properly behind Councillor Miller said he hid received i call from president the I Ho Hitters Assoc at on who anted to tic att fell b n tic dri of m would simply ell problem on the roads Councillor Roy said the matter id been dis cussed three times the fences and would keep bike riders out of property and out of a town owned park It their problem they re not sup posed ride unlicensed machines on he roads Councillor Mike Armstrong said the association is a responsible group and should I heard the same as anyone else I ouncillor Pat there had been tots in the ne ibout it and said they hid lots of Itme to cuss 1 1 strong asked it be referred back and explained we Armstrong was not related to him Councillor Peter Marks pointed out the road is all torn up m lha area due to con so no fence or gale could be built immediately anyway so saw no reason to refuse to he ir the association president The matter was referred lack to committee THE FIRST ACTON CUBS visited the home of Harry Foley on Monday night to look at different types of lacing pigeons I he lads were fasc mated by the birds Mr his buds regularly Acton gets fluoride Milton gets plebiscite Trial date set in minibike deaths It will be some time yet before fluoride is pi iced in the Acton system iccordinc to the region waterworks engineer Bill Kong Her will be but further action in Milton will be withheld until the wishes of the residents known When region decided the water supplic if Aclon and Milton there was an mediate expression of pro test through the pages of tin wtekly newspaper the Canadian As a result regional council voted to take no further action in the matter is far Milton is concerned Council approved a motion rescinding a bylaw to fluor regional water system so far as it applied to the town of Milton and withholding any further iction until the residents have spoken The intent of the motion was allow fluoridation of Acton water supplies to proceed in the interim The remaining municipalities in the region already fluoridate their water supplies Regional waterworks engineer Bob Kong says ihe region is just in Ihe process of ring the equipment necessary lo add he fluoride to the water here A metering pump and correct piping are required It be quite some time he feels He says there Is no taste to fluoride His department has had no complaints from Aeton people about the addition or the chemical lo the water The fluoride issue came back Into the limelight when a w Milton rtsi who h ipptntd to be a dentist wrote the it to re consider the water supply Hit question bad I ten put to i volt of Iht Milton pcoplt in I 197 1 rtfer tritium and fluondalion wis soundly tie ft iled time Because water now comes under yon jurisdiction tin wis to region without Milton council viewed it motions flared whtn regional council on the Health and committee passed a by law to fluoridate ill municipal witer Ihe region According regional sol icitor Dennis the ilk motive which rejected would have been to hold a region wide refer on of their relatively small popuhlions and Milton voters would have been out numbered by electors in the rtst of the region Over GOO Miltomans replied to a C in Champion newspaper survey on fluor illation An overwhelming of those returning billot were opposed to id and in favor of holding plebiscite in th town of Milton No residents have written Letters to the Editor on the subject or have called the region department Hie only Letter to the in the tree Press opposing was from a resident October is the court date sel aside for the trial of an man in tttion with the triffic tit iwo vouiil Toronto mini bike riders on he 1 int last month Timothy Wayne 18 of IB 16th tobicokc has been charged by Hilton Regional Police with dangerous drmni under the Criminal Code and other charges under the Traffic Act Mr Young is charged under the Traffic Act with driving an unfit vehicle int without a licence and two lesser charges I- old Andrew James 12 of Toronto were pronounced dt id it the scene after the mini bike they were riding i were in collision September The two boys were with their families at Acres North area pupils test scores low North students score consistently those in the south on special national and Hilton lests administered each Hoard of Education was told Thursday Georgetown Barry Shepherd said he studied results 1978 standardized testing and found consist pupils in ihe north score slightly lower than those in and The north scores slightly lower than the norm he announced during discussion of an indepth report on testing thisyear Administrator Brendan Kelly said the trend at elementary level Is lower scores in the north However North high school students the lowest on the tests Shepherd said he had been told by a number of educators north students score lower because they come from a lower socioeconomic level Kelly said that theory is probably correct CHATTING WITH his friends at Participation House Rev Chuck Beaton of Trinity United Church relaxes after leading worship service A large group of Actonites went by bus Sunday to visit the residence for handicapped adults Story on Page