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what council did ht jvttjon sttt bttss at their regular meeting tn the ctotsday acton council council chambers last night ninetythird yearno 24 acton ontario wednesday december 13 1967 fourteen pages jton cent tabled a motion tor a bylaw tor the construction ot a water pollution control plant addition after two readings the third readme was delayed until the agreement with beardmore and co was settled tte reave urged this action to keep the transaction tidy tad businesslike mtroduotd read three times and passed a bylaw authorising the mayor and dark to sign an agreement with trinity united church for the new town parking lot cost to the town is 1 a year with no overnight parking allowed poor parking spaces are re served for the minister and church officials if any abuses are noted church officials can cancel the agreement on three months written notice a bylaw introduced allowing the town to borrow money tem porarily from tte bank to finance the new water pollution control plant was read twice and then tabled until the bylaw to proceed with construction passed introduced a bylaw read it three times and passed it agreeing to proceed with an application to the ontario municipal board to annex land in esqueslng township owned by the town the proper ty is bounded by cobble hill rd and mill st w authorised the clerk to issue cheques to cover financial state- meat no u of 11398x56 passed a resolution that the solicitor sharpe and the chairman of the personnel committee dr fc cakes be empowered to negotiate with tte union town employees just had certified the clerk is to attend all meetings transferred 1137 to the library account to cover the deficit and approved final payment to the contractor of 1260 for the new building declared tuesday december 26 as boxing day and directed a proclamation be issued to this effect changed garbage collection in christinas week to wednesday december week 2 and to tuesday jan 2 and jan 4 in new years who will be 1968 warden four new deputies join council mondays municipal election in oakvwe completed the voting in halton county for the year 1967 and the reeveship and deputy- reeveship races there finally settled the makeup ot the 1968 halton county council there will be seven reeves and three deputyreeves return ing to the county body plus four newcomers including deputy- reeve mrs evelyn burke of bur lington the countys second lady councillor mrs burke is the first lady to join hiltons senior body since the late mrs mary pettit sat there in the 1950s an outspo ken lady of firm convictions and opinion according to the burl ington gazette mrs burke de feated two men for the deputys seat an burlington council last monday a mother ot two she has been attending council meet ings in burlington as a keen ob server for years and has rarely missed a meeting in time halton only had tour elections this year in oakville burling ton milton and esqueslng and in each municipality the present deputyreeve stepped up to chall enge the present reeve two of the challengers won and two lost austin ledwlth retained his seat in milton defeating deputy charles menety cordon galla gher won again in burlington ov er deputyreeve frank rogers and northern councillor william green deputy george currie up set incumbent reeve george les lie in esqueslng and in oakville deputyreeve alan day success fully nudged reeve herb merry from the reeves seat on monday the new deputyreeves are former councillor tom hill ac claimed in esqueslng former school board chairman ron har ris who won over a former war den dr ca martin in milton mrs burke in burlington and oakvllles bill guues who was all that an ndp candidate in the last provincial election race i others rejoining the county council for 1968 are the reeves and deputies from acton george town and nassagaweya who are all in the middle of twoyear terms right now and didnt have to face the voters in their home accepted the recommendation of the committee rejecting a bill iire for 35 remuneration tor mileage for each member of the com- mlttee of adjustment an amendment advanced by councillors drukwalter and masales which would have allowed the committee of adjustment to take the money tor their own budget was defeated passed a resolution to update the telephone system in the town office reeve hlnton was opposed passed a resolution that the town make application to the ont ario development commission requesting acton be considered a slow growth area under the equalisation of industrial opportunity program the acton development commission is to prepare the passed a resolution to advertise for a building inspector on a part time basts agreed to purchase a new pump for lakevlew subdivision at a cost of 258 the new pump would he 550 volts instead of 220 and it was estimated the cost would be saved the first year on monthly power bills ask the mayor to prepare an annual report on the operation of- the town in 1967 for distribution to the press agreed to advertise for a crawler loader with a 5060 tup mot or for use in the town dump authorised the police committee and clerk to attend a highway safety conference jan 456 authorised payment of 1000 to acrl bros for payment of damages to their water supply caused by new town wells this matter has dragged on for the past five years and is finally settled four more babies from the london childrens aid arrived in halton county on thursday and like the five who made the trip one week earlier expect to be placed in adoptive mes in time for christmas mrs elizabeth mander the halton childrens aid adoption supervisor is shown with one of the new wards staff photo rubin corporation may attack bylaw at omb hearing jrflttvn durham huskies found ac ton tanners a much improved club but still took home a de cision friday here hustling jim nixon is pursued by glen cooper for more on the game and tanners turn to the sports page staff photo towns this december they are present warden reeve william coulter and deputyreeve will iam hoey of nassagaweya reave hh hlnton and deputyreave frank oakes of acton andreeve william f hunter and deputy- reeve arthur speight of george town and who win be the 1968 war den of halton right now its anyones guess but watch tor reaves bui hunt er of georgetown and austan ledwlth of milton to enter the race county councillors elaot their own warden at the inaugur al meeting early in the new year both the milton and georgetown reeves were nominated tor the post a year ago and withdraw tn favor of warden coulter reeves gallagher hlnton and currie have all been wardens la former years leaving only reav es ledwlth day and hunter to contest the seat deputyreaves do not usually hold the office county councillors unofficially use the turn system tn select ing a warden as well it would be georgetowns turn before mil tons so reeve hunter ot georgetown is an early favorite in the race for the top seat in the county for 1968 christmas spirit carnival effect on streets stores bright santa too the jingle bells are sounding already in the middle distance and actons getting ready stores began their special pre- chrlstmas hours by staying open monday and evenings this week their christmas stocks and glittering decorations stayed pretty well unbought and unad- mlred on monday though when log and ice settled down on the streets and just stuck there for two days however by tuesday night the normal quiet street was lined with cars street decorations are still not completely up bad weather hospitalisation of linesman dor- council refuses mileage payment for committee of adjustment son frlzzell and the pressure of regular work have combined to keep the hydro crew very busy however theyre out again this week for another installment of hanging the lighted sputniks and replacing the burned out bulbs in the crossstreet swags of lights ys mens trees are on sale behind the ymca santa appeared once already at the ucw fair december 2 but hes got a date engineered by project action this time to come back just before christmas to roam the streets many homes have brilliant de corations and street after street takes on a carnival air at this time of year the chamber of commerce has dropped its de corated home competition but each year the decorations seem- to improve the music centre and legion are booked solid for parties and dances clerk administrator j mc- geachle informed council last night he received a phone call from me rubin corporation in forming the town they might attach the validity of the existing bylaw on the wording of the side yard variance at the ontario municipal board hearing in the council chambers monday dec 18 the qmb will hear appeals from the rubin corporation and sesto construction against a decision of the committee of ad justment at the hearing the clerk explained council had registered no objection to the rubin application for a variance but he felt if the rubin corpora tion attached the bylaw it may put a different complexion on the case mr mcgeachle felt the town should have legal aid to support the bylaw at the hearing reeve hlnton said it was no concern of councils however ii there are weaknesses in the omb hearing word was r wed- nesday that the ontario munich pal board hearing on the town toning bylaw will be held in the council chambers on wednesday january 3 at 11 sum bylaw he urged council to make sure they arnot in the new one councillor drlnkwalter object ed saying it was unfair to leave it to the clerk to defend the bylaw the reeve said the case was the same as the closing bylaw which the magistrate ruled illegal and threw out i disagree said mr drink- waiter 1 think a solicitor should represent the town not the clerk 1 dont believe in wasting the towns money on unnecessary legal fees the reeve said no appeals can be made on the decision councillors were told they took no action question addition to mz bennett lad struck atmihmaih suffers cuts sevenyearold gunther kraus of mill st w was struck by a car tuesday night while crossing the millmain corner and suffer ed multiple abrasions to his face and scalp he was treated by dr c hutchinson and taken to guelph generathospltil he was struck by a car driven by fred landry main st which was proceeding west and making a left turn on the green light council may ask the public school board to restate their case for an addition to the mz ben nett school prompted by the clerkadminis trator who said he had read the report of a recent school board meeting in the free press sev eral times to absorb its full import several councillors ad mitted they were alarmed i took it from the report said mr mcgeachle that the only way we can get approval for the addition is by closing down three rooms in the stone school mayor les duby said he also had read the report and felt the onus was on the board to make a decision the clerk suggested that per haps council should contact the board to give an explanation at the report reeve hlnton said he had taken serious note of the matter and would feel better if the school board gave council an explana tion l kn there conge in the schools it could be paid for by a much larger assessment if they wait a year for a county board he suggested more assessment to pay for our addition said dr cakes but we in turn pay for additions in other towns it balances out a lot of money has been spent in the last three or four years to renovate the stone school re minded the clerk we supported the addition to the school here because the facta and figures presented by the school board have proven the need to us said the mayor the clerk agreed the department sometimes was only concerned with the present if you check youll find out the department has cost us money too on occa sion remarked the mayor the reeve however felt the inspectors judgment was sup erior to councils on school board we have a duty to reconfirm the decision he stated wh a letter from the secretary of the committee of adjustment iain williams advised acton cornell three members of the committee presented him with an account for car allowance in the amount of 35 each tor their work during the year he asked if council would authorise pay- acting on the recommendation of no 1 committee at their meet ing last night tuesday council lors rejected the payment after dtttatlng an amendment proposed by councillors masales and drlnkwalter which would have allowed the committee members to draw payment from their own tends it is my recommendation they be paid said councillor drlnk walter committee of adjust ment has had a busy year with a lot of applications to review id be prepared to recommend they be paid 35 each i dont think this is asking too much what about everybody else knocking on the door asked councillor t tyler we certainly should be sym pathetic bat where are we going to get the money asked coun cillor masajes its not budget- tea tor ton can find 1100 for the library oafldtalrtghtanswered mr drlnkwalter the mayor asked the clerk if it was possible for the committee to pay themselves out of their own budget bat the clerk said the act states it may be paid at the discretion ot council which is empowered to pay only normal operating expanses when a resolution waspresent- ed later in the meeting and me amendment proposed reeve hln- ton said the 35 just amounted to a bee for attending meetings since mileage must be an item ised amount of miles travelled the mayor was also opposed mr drlnkwalter and mr mas- ales suggested this is an ex ceptional year but the library board also had an exception year and so have some otherboards and committees he reminded councillors as the reeve suggested this thing could have no limit the mayor continued councillor drlnkwalter said members of the committee were looking at adjoining municipal ities where men were receiving fees for sitting on the committee of adjustment it was agreed council would consider unusual outofpocket expenses no 1 committee min utes read showed that at the beginning of the year council re fused to pay members a per diem rate for their work the original motion to refuse payment passed eden mills man killed tar smashes into bridge when his car smashed into a bridge abutment at eden mills wtniam george mclean jr 35 of eden mills was instantly ktned mr mcleans car tailed to negotiate a curve on eden mills mala st wednesday afternoon of last week at 335 pm the car passed over the first bridge but swung over onto the wrong side of the road at the second bridge hitting the stone abutment pouce and ambulance attend ants were unable to remove the body until a tow truck arrived to pull the wreckage from the bridge the force of the impact welded the front of the car to the abutment mr mclean died instantly dr frank farmer guelph coroner pronounced him dead at the scene ot the accident cons r l fitapatrick guelph detachment opjp investigated and sain am 1964 model car was a total wreck be is survived by his wife the former betty anderson children lorle and lorn his parents mr and mrs william mclean all of eden mills sis- tors mrs robert francesbetty of london mrs dave mcdonald jean of burlington and brother donald of guelph funeral service was held at eden mills church an saturday afternoon at 2 pm andinterment followed in eden mills cem etery ttwck skuk o ice pmml huhcy mkurt no injuries were reported but a panel truck driven by paul hur ley 109 elisabeth dr acton re ceived 250 damage in an ley skid thursday evening bis truck went off the road on highway 25 at the speyslde curve south of town milton cup p blamed several accidents over the past week on ley road broke brewers window although constable bruce me- arthur suspects a pop bottle lying nearby could be respon sible the large plate glass win dow at the brewers retail store on queen st was broken friday evening by persona a employees were in the store when the window was broken bet salted to see of hear anal the window was constable mcarther tett a car parking at the store coald ac- ddently have thrown the bottle against the window hot dtdert role out malicious the cause another child hurt millmain fhreyeeroul hi was truck by m ces obura mcafee of es sc sfce chart tofpers with the kids right now ere this fab combo ho ho claus arid the merry maids they were the main attraction at micro plastics plant party last saturday in the robert little auditorium the giftgtving gals wearing what else but mioroskirts are sandra sinclair gail fryer lois kirkwood sally dick sandra irwin and fiona gidman foe what happened next see more pictures inside staff photq