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Operators drivers annoyed by gasoline prices Gasoline prices which have been going up and down like a are causing service station operators and owners as much concern as motor a random survey of Halton Hills service tuns by this discovered One operator noted there bad been 16 price changes in the last month with no explanation from the oil companies who control prices Last week prices lor gasoline which had drop ped as low as or regular in a mini gas war escalated again and motorists as paying as low as fi and as high as a litre for the ume gas However tome operators think the prices won stay up then long specially if demand drops They recognize there is plenty of oil and gasoline around and competition is stiff for the consumer dollar Roger Little of Shell in Georgetown says Shell usually follows and Gulf when prices drop or increase Last week they dropped prices for regular to on Monday from 40 Friday while it has been at 9 for three months previously They re playing games he said of the ml Grant Puncheon of Grants Motors Acton an station noted there were 11 price changes last month and five this month so far He thought the competition was between the large oil companies themselves He felt it was usually the independent which cut prices first and the rest had follow It shard on the businessman he said nailer of MacPherson Esso in Georgetown says prices have been up and down so often it Is not funny He acknowledges the operators have no control over tbe prices The oil companies say either they go up down or stay the same We Just work on commission he notes Joe Batson of Joes Gulf Georgetown says his prices are going up and down because others are He feels selfservice stations set their prices and the rest follow suit Lome of L Ford Acton pro fited from the oil company failure to notify him that gasoline prices were going back up after they had dropped their Gulf gas to for regular Yesterday was the best ever he said of sales on Thursday Friday his prices were back up to He feels the key to staying in the competition is to keep prices within cent of the self service and independent dealers Jim Maltby of the Car Wash on St Georgetown thinks the up and down prices which are now up will go back down in the next few days because business just about stopped they raised prices last week Frank ToUi of Motors Acton thinks the price war is motivated by the oil companies refining too much crude oil Mrs Wayne Tucker of Waynes Shell on Trafalgar Road said they weren t on consign men and no one told them what to sell for so they kept prices at for regular John of Self Service in Acton says be is going to have to put a zipper on the sign in front of his service station if the prices keep changing last week by going down and then back up and all the other oil companies like to meet the com pet i tion He acknowledges his prices don t go down first Mark of Handy s Auto in Moore Park Georgetown says everyone follows the lead of the independent gas bar in Hart Wheeler of the PetroCan station on Guelph St Georgetown said he a mack between five and ten changes this month and sold more while prices were down lies adopting a wait and see policy now prices have returned to normal All the operators note that the governments are taking a big chunk of the price per litre Shell Canada has produced a comparison chart which shows that if pump price Tor regular leaded gas is cents per hire the basic cost for the crude oil is only cents while royalties and tax applicable to the crude is cents There federal sales tax of cents federal ex tax of 1 cents petroleum compensation charge of cents and Canadian ownership charge of cents The Ontario Governments fuel tax ad valorem is cents and the mar keterdealerrefiner has 10 cents per litre to pay for refining distribution inventory over heads and assorted capital property fuel and sales taxes and profit Total taxes on a litre of gasoline comes to cents per litre when it Scents Meanwhile a federal government agency Environment Canada has said Canadians are paying as much as cents per gallon for leaded gasoline A consultant study shows the cost of producing a gallon of unleaded is about two cents 44 cents per litre more than a gallon of leaded gasoline The price however is three to four cents more per litre The oil companies deny this and charge the government is just trying make them the whipping boy Convert to condos Apartments harder to find Rental apartments could become even scarcer with the Region of Halton s recent recommendation allowing apartments to be converted to condominiums The recommendation was approved at last week s council meeting The McLean homes on the Sixth Line of are becoming crowded these days with trophies ribbons and trays won by the family In roadster competition across Ontario Recent wins at the Royal Winter Fair completed a very successful year Three generations are involved In the flowing Parents I loyd and Lois McLean son Ross daughter in law Doreen and grandchildren Sherry Steven and Scott make up McLean Stables Royal success for McLean family stable of horses by Helen Murray With three generations of drivers lis link wonder the McLean family of Sixth Line Township has done so well around Ontario in roadster competitions McLean Stables boasts five Standard bred horses which have won top honors al such presli shows as the Royal Winter Fair and the Canadian National Exhibition as well as smaller events in Same Sim coo and Aurora In Just eight years Lloyd McLean son Ross daughter In law Dorcen and grandson Steven have been awarded top honors in so many shows they have lost track Bags and bags of ribbons fill the McLean homes and trophies and silver trays line the shelve all representing wins and placing His wire Lois and anther son Ron con tribute by helping out behind the scenes Ross and ere driving in that v cry first show In Georgetown seven years ago It must have been a hint of thing- to come as they won that event and haven I looked back Their pride and Joy Tanglefoot Mike horse class at the fair three times out of six tries This fair Is regarded as The Little Royal According to an article in the official horse book of the Royal Winter Fair a roadster is a trotter of quality impressive appearance fine conformation with exceptional speed when call for and while the action need not be high it must be well balanced and straight The gaits called for by the judge are a Jog trot a road gait and a drive at will The road gait being the most important ina roadster The article continues These horses are shown in single and pairs toaroadwagon which is wooden wheeled rubber tired vehicle with a folded down top Last month s Royal ended what the McLeans consider their best year yet Doreen opened the show on the very first night with a win in the Ladies Roadster Class It was her third time out in that category in three years each year she bettered herself Also during the run of the two week fair Ross and Doreen won one second two thirds and one eighth prizes Twelveyearold Steven is also showing pro mise In his very first time out last August at the CNE he won the junior class first while his parents look three seconds and several thirds winning something in every class they entered His younger sister It yearold and brother seven year old Scott are watting in the wings for their turn out The competitions have no minimum age limit but drivers must be strong enough to handle their horses This will came soon enough to the Junior McLeans Of their five roadsters Ross says two show good potential Tanglefoot Mike Is saved for the major fairs while his colleagues represent he family at thcsmaller events The family estimates they earn 100 ribbons a year fairs in drive They put over miles a season on their truck getting to events where they usually face the same competitors Ross points out it is always the same people they have to worry But the worrying is over until the start of the 1963 season in May Right now the McLeans Tanglefoot Mike and all other horses are resting up Tor next year when they plan to take the roadster by storm Calling it the mct important issue council has come up against Burlington councillor Joan Little fought unsuccessfully against it because It did not contain a specific vacancy rate figure as a guideline The first recommen datton brought to council staled that the Regional Munlci pality of con aiders any conversion of rental housing to con dominium to be pre mature and not in the pUDlic interest until such time as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMIIC vacancy rate for each of Ihe area municipalities exceeds three per cent Councillors Including all from Hills rejected this recam in favor of one where no vacancy rate was mentioned Instead each will be considered on Its own merit taking into account such factors as vacancy rates current develop ment proposals ab sorption rates for rental accommodation cu rent levels and other factors which are to the local council Councillor Little thought the figure 13 seemed reasonable and Beware Spot checks have started One Hills police officer is part of the special patrol unit currently doing spot checks in over the Christmas season Walt 11 division is one of four of who are doing spot checks for drinking drivers inspections traffic and seat regulations They began last week and will end on January t This is the third year for the unit which operates in the same way as Toronto Impaired Driving Effec tively program Its basically the tame thing claims Acting Sergeant Bill of It serves as a good deterrent Last year the unit stopped vehicles for spot checks There were people charged under Highway Traffic Act and were arrested Police issued warnings EM vera- Fifteen charged Impaired driving while were given breath- altar testa A total other drivers charted with offences training program being pushed through One police believes Chief James Harding is trying to push through a new program that is not in the approved budget Commissioner James Grieve was outvoted at last Thursdays police commission meeting concerning a proposed new audio video in house training program the Chief wants lo start immediately If we don move now well lose all tbe uvuig said larding 000 a big chunk but A will be a savings In the long run We need lo obtain ihe equipment and the sooner the better we II lose the costeffective ness if we wait the Chief stressed But Commissioner Grieve told it is frivolous not have tenders This way of having money and spending It is frowned upon in business Grieve said Id rather have this deferred to the 1883 budget Grieve was the only commissioner who voted against the proposal Grieve said later the commission going to have Quotations instead of lenders to save time But Administrator Robin Hale said lenders for the equipment were going out yesterday Tuesday and are expected be com by December 14 Mayor Harry Barrett who v as not present at the meeting said later it was wrong to try and use up extra money left from the 1981 budget They found a surplus in the 82 budget and they want to use it wrong if it t in the projected budget Grieve confirmed later that the new program was pulled out of the projected budget and was put in later Police administrator Robin Hale claimed the reason jr urgency was the need to reduce the cost of normal training as soon as possible Harding wants training by video to begin January 1 1903 Hale commented that the 000 figure in cludes most of the equipment but Ihey will need more after the initial preparation of tapes Is completed Training by audio visual police say will decrease cost of normal training by one- sixth Harding said it is a very costeffective program which should begin immediately Staff SgL Dan Reeve gave a demonstration of ihe audio visual council should take a stand and not be on their own merit A figure must be mentioned she told council Most councillors agreed with say the figure would hinder developers being as the vacancy rate in the -region- is rarely above one per cenl No figures hove been estimated about the rate in Hills because Ihe CMHC docs not include Hills In their figures But both planning director Ian Keith and Mayor Pete estimate the vacancy rate is less than one per cenl Tiber is no doubt I hat conversions to condominiums would make rental accommo dation worse stated Keith who added hat the rental problem Is already serious and it would worsen tilings Rent con troll have kept prices down so lhat developers don t want to build he explained But Mayor Pomeroy doesn problem at all I m not worried about It a he stated They re region making it a big problem when I dan t think It is added that only one application for conversion lias been offered to Hills in the past year If there were a great rush for conversions then there might be a problem 1 don t furescc that he Calling It a very complicated Issue said that if there was a great rush for conversions then he speculated there would probably be more apartments supplied to the market if it makes good economic sense in tilt long run you do renters a real diss by turfing them out when you have conversions staled Hills planning director Ian Keilh Two advantages for the condominiums for the town Keith said were ownership housing for the Town and a broader range of housing types for the Town Bui he stressed thai Hie main disadvantages was taking units off Ihe market that are really needed Councillors discussed at length the containing the figure J per cent Basically they objected to because it would impede developers and they said they couldn interfere in free market system percent is an irbltrur figure Burlington mayor Holy Bird Mated I sure that if we kepi the percentage figure in wed never have mother application for vers ion My view is that amplication be considered its merltii hi added in councillor supported Bird saving council lias to recognize people need to make profit and there has to be some kind f incen the But Milton councillor Bill Johnson who supported and said the step will families moving in together Outgoing councillor ferry Mamie 1 1 staled that all of Littles con would be outlined in the individual ap plications The refine ment if this will be more accurate than any figure of three per cent lie said Councillor I title was unmoved on her initial position of having a figure in Ihe mendation before it Is approved Tin whole question Is hat J re looking at going from liolesale to retail she Mated And m sure well see more interest in condominiums OPP estimate ISO damage to a bouse because of a suspicion a to how started and contents after fire broke out the home of arson was evcntuall ruled out according William Proton RR Georgetown Monday morning fire marshal office was called in Ballinafod Historic landmark burns Cm by Winifred Smith There was some excitement in the village on Monday morning when he fire reels were called to a fire at the north end of hamlet when a historic land mark was burned down was the old farm house on property The home had not been occupied for years A number of people from the area attended church at Georgetown on Sunday morning It was an versa service for Andrews United Church A large crowd the Snow flake Dance at he centre on Saturday night November A good time was enjoyed all are looking forward Christmas dance which wdl be on December tiary Pools band will be supplying music Little Laura San derson had the mis fortune lo fall and break her arm recently We hope it will soon be at good as The Brisbane School children an extra long weekend as school buses did not travel on Monday due to fey roads