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Shorts fired Confrontation between campers and youths Hal ton Regional Police are investigating a confrontation between a group of about 30 campers and another group of youths at the Breezes Trailer Park late Saturday evening in which three youths were injured and at least one shot was fired According to Staff Sergeant Graham of the Criminal Investigations Bureau the police report at 12 m Sunday that a group of carrying clubs were going through the campgrounds and one shot was reportedly fired Some people living in the area say there were two shots When four police officers arrived on the scene they found people milling about wilh most of them carrying pieces of wood The people carrying the wood were appar members of the campground the staff sergeant said Staff Sgt Graham said the people had allegedly heard that a group of youths were going to make trouble at the site and in stead of calling the police they armed themselves with pieces of wood that point ihe Staff Sgt said a number of youths came into the campground and some were detained by the police The police interviewed nine youths ail of whom stated they were taking a short cut through the part to the town Starr Sgt Graham said none of the youths the police apprehended were armed with clubs Three of the were slightly jured but none of the campers were in he said Staff Sgt Graham said that two of the youths were apprehended on the site and the others were apprehended away from the site A search of the site revealed no In another incident at the trailer park vehicle ownerships radio buttons and per papers were taken from four vehicles that had entered the trailer park for the Police say the occurred sometime Friday Helen of the Lakeside Chapter the 10DF helped observe Decoration Day Sunday by planting flowers the grates of deceased member Create new federal seat of Haton North Hills Milton and north Burlington are expected to be welded together Into a new federal riding in the future Last November the Electoral Boundaries Commission hatched a plan to merge Hills and part of west Brampton into a new seat called At the same time urban Milton and north Burlington were lo Join Township to form the new seat of Went worth Both of these new ridings have been dropped after commission heard strong protests from the region municipalities and MP Otto Jelinek at hearings in January Last Wednesday new plans for Ontario riding redistribution were tabled in the House of Commons and the new riding of llallon North was unveiled This new riding is virtually identical to the existing pro incial riding of Burling Plan addition on east side of Glenlea plaza An addition is planned for small Glen lea Plaza Plans for the expansion were outlined last month to Hills Committee of Adjust ment and call for Variety to expand from its small shop to include the adjacent Beauty Salon addition will be put on the side of the building to house the new Beauty Salon Hilts Site Plan Committee ap proved the expansion in February but re quired a minor variance also from Com of Adjustment result in a reduction in the number of parking places at the plaza on Queen St from to and eliminate the loading Also the setback will be reduced from metres to metres Committee of Adjustment deferred the matter pending submission of a full minor variance application ton However this arrangement of the new federal seat being the same as the present provincial riding may not last long not even for on election at either government level Jelinek warned Halton North won exist until after the next federal election it may not come Into effect until an election in 1968 or 89 if the next national vole produces a majority government Burlington Julian Reed has said in the past that provincial seal redistribution is looming on the horizon and his present riding is likely lo be broken up He has warned Burlington as it exists now may disappear before the next provincial vote Jelinek said he was delighted with the changes now made in his riding Jelinek currently represents riding which consists of most of Mil ton Nassagaweya and Georgetown and the surrounding area of is represented along wilh Brampton by John The City of Burlington is a separate seat After the new ridings become law at least one year must pass before there is an lion using the new seals and a new federal vote must be held by the early winter of 198j nek there Is no possibility North will exist until alter the next election A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER One Hundred and Eighth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNES Pages Thirty Cents Citizens tell Halton Hills H Dont change any bill paying services There should be no changes in the billing services for Acton from Hills Hydro two commissioners at a public meeting Thursday About So citizens mostly longtime Actonians turned out at Little school pepper commissioner Doug Mason and hydro commission vicechairman Murt with questions about planned bill service changes In late May Mason and commission chair man Bill Smith revealed plans move a veteran of the local hydro office Marge and a computer terminal head from Acton to Georgetown this This move has through Smith also announced plans to just have a student in the Acton hydro office for summer and then cut back to no personal bill paying service In September People paying cash would have to go to George town people paying by cheque would have to either put payment In a tray on the office counter or through a mall slot all bill questions would have to be referred to Georgetown and bill stubs wouldn I be stamped paid after the end tif August However week later Mayor Peler who also on the hydro com mission old councillors and the public he d stepped in and ntw arrangements were going be made so that as of the fail Acton and aria hydro customers could pay Iheir bills at the same place they pay their taxes and water bills the Mill St municipal office in the building announcement seemed lo defise what was building up as an explosive iswje didn completed satisfy all hydro customers in Aclon and area as evidenced by the crowd at Thursday s meeting Repeatedly Allison and Mason were asked questions about the role of the computer terminal which was being removed from as welt as for specifics on expected cost savings The pair answer many questions arid indicated several limes that all they know about the change was what they had been hydro staff Mason said manager Jeirj Trudell predicts cost savings and say not manv people pay their bills at the Acton office anyway Mason said he and Pomeroy and Allison had banded together and were almost cer tain now there would be an office someplace in town where people could pay their hydro bills He added people paying electric bills downtown would help local businesses because people would stop and shop too said staff has told them computer terminal head formerly In Acton will be used its full capacity it will be more efficient in Georgetown Many in the audience said the commis sioners answers were ridiculous or political nonsense Ted Tyler noted Mason and Allison were saying things like been led to believe in response lo quest Ions Tyler said the commissioners should know things are being done and be allowing staff to make policy statements to ihe press Allison said moving the computer and one staffer out of Acton was an Internal move but the billing office arrangements was another matter He said was unfortunate thai the staff proposal supported by some was made before the matter was settled Esther Taylor noted the hydro building was a Centennial project at the community and it be dosed and used simply as works yard after just 13 years Alltaoa noted Italian Hills hydro making the best use of its real estate by using the Acton building as on administrative centre Mason was asked about computer vices for Ihe works and engineering depart here and John Allinson suggested a computer terminal head will still likely be needed In Acton Mason again answered he t know the details so he t answer the question He added all he knew was what being shaved down our throats Chairman of the meeting Tom Watson said he had asked Mason to have staff here and it was unfortunate Trudell come He said it was evident Mason and Allison now had to bring some tough questions up at the next hydro commission meeting and then make sure the answers were made public Peter Pa pi lion objected to comments made by commission chairman Smith in the Press on May he didn care for the way some commissioners were trying lo dictate to the community He suggested if the commission really wanted to save money something should be done to end the problem of tennis court lights burning late night in the rain and fog He also thought money could be saved if lelten explaining new billing arrangements weresent out with bills and not to customers separately as Smith had said would be done Ihis summer Mason promised the Aclon building will continue to be used more land has been bought for storage structures and only Credit Valley Conservation Authority ap proval was delaying the expansion He noted alt square miles of Hills was mostly being served from the Acton building now all the vehicles and equipment are in Acton commissioner said people can still go to the local hydro office questions about their bills and the student will call Georgetown to get the answers Several citizens suggested hydro has added to its costs not saved money by centralizing works In Acton and handling all administration in Georgetown Extra time energy and miles were being wasted for staff and equipment by operating all works out of Acton Allison said the equipment kept in Georgetown now is for emergency service Continued on page Speyside residents take on new camp The member strong Speyside Rate payers Association is tackling the Inter national Peace Camp Issue Spokesman for the yearold ratepayers group Cotln Muspralt Acton re vealed In an Interview this week that group is taking on Ihe proposal to develop the old Twin Lakes property between High way and the Town Line just south of Spey side into a major multiethnic recreation and cultural centre the first time the Speyside Rate payers Association has branched out from its original mandate to raise questions and fight the gravel pit issue Until now the rate payers body has stayed away from other issues noted The decision lacklc the International Peace Camp Issue came at a ratepayers meeting on May Currently the group is busy circulating a petition on the issue to only the people living in the immediate vicinity or Twin Lakes petition Muspralt said He expects this aspect of their campaign should be com pletcd in a couple of weeks and then peti lion will be taken to Ihe Niagara Escarp ment Commission and Hills and Mil ton councils Lee add a Ikket fa but week a Lata draw wiO mm have a new ear for their Lightning struck twice in Acton last week during the Super Lotto May draw and left behind two brand new Grand Prix cars John and Janet Mill St and Ed and Lee Elmore Dr held winning tickets in Ihe car draw portion of the SI million lottery They won Grand Prix although there were other types of cars also to give away There were a total of up for grabs The purchased their tickets at Village Variety one of only two or three tickets they have ever bought according Janet John friend Kent Kentner also won a car in another Super Lotto draw several months ago and like John plans to sell his brand new car although as of yet he has no offers The other winning ticket was actually bought by Lee Crimless from her husband store Eds In Out- that a where acquired his winning ticket also Unlike the Lee plans to keep her windfall which estimates Is valued at around It comes fully equipped except for air conditioning he said Lee notes that the bought two tickets and got two free ones Unfortunately she did not keep track of which ones she got for nothing so does not know if she even paid for the winning ticket Ed says the two local wins have been very good Tor business He notes Just last week he sold Super Lotto tickets and usually in thai time only about are sold Everyone is trying to get their ticket early he said Rumors around town that a third winning ticket snowed up in Actoo can not be sub stantiated by tbe Ontario Lottery Corpora lion Either tbe ale is indeed just a rumor or the winner hist has not notified the Corporation Time to remove your coat With the warm weather finally arriving residents of this area can of heavy Ihev been wearing through an unusually cold spring tike this one at Bronle reek Provincial Park The clipping here of a hick woollen coal bring done by old fashioned arm powered clippers wielded by John farm manager Ian supplies power The park and ill farm are now open lo visitor Photo by Minn Super Loto draw gives cars to two local winners Inside There a computer course coming up in Hock wood See page 111 Stoop and scoop Is now law Turn page A road across International Peace amp be longs to the Town Turn lo page J Police are some obscene phone calls More on Jehu and JanM MeCattbeon sad Sarah a vaacher i new ear they la Lata draw last week They plaa or a brand sell the