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federal election june 25 prime minister pierre elliot trudeui removed all doubt for election speculators when he an- nonnced late tuesday afternoon the country would have a general election tuesday june 25 pot the mi 0estlon mark bow oirer dr harry harley i heltons present liberal mp contacted in ottawa tuesday dr harley said he haant yet made up his mind whether to run again or not am thinking wry seriously about 11 i nay made no committment t one way or the othef there are a few problems to be sorted out first he exrdajiikd ft was personal and family considerations thai effected ms decision asked if the new prime minister tnldeau bad enythingtodo with hlscurrebk indecision me up emphaucally replied he did not the new prime minister has nothing to do with it at all be said i have every confidence in mr trudeau and i am giving him all my support dr harley campaigned for paul hellyer in the recent lib eral leadership race halton liberal president terry kennedy said he expected dr marry harley will try to re tain his seat i have no indica tion he wont run but if he should decide not to it will put a whole itow look on the nominating meet ing he said mr kennedy said he would be speaking to the liberal mp as soon as possible both ndp president albert tucbel and conservative presi dent douglas latimer were un available for comment at press time tuesday evening both parties are expected to hold nominating meetings in the near future dr harley defeated p c can didate allan masson of oakvllle ndp standardbearer murray kerrdghan of milton and henry timmins an independent con servative from georgetown in the last federal election for hal loo on november 8 1965 he was brat elected to parliament in 1mz and was reelected in 1963 and ims this will be the first election to be held since local ridings we re redistributed the old halton riding has been split into halton and hallonwentworlh riding the county is divided in half vertically with nassagaweya burlington and dundas teaming up to form the haltonwentworth riding the new riding of halton includes oakvllle milton acton esqueslng township georgetown and erin township ht adon mttt ninetythird year no 43 acton ontario wednesday april 24 196b author i id brnd c1m ml b ih- fueil oflr dopt ottawa fur- iotfc pll l cih ahon ontario fourteen pages ten cents mahekus damage at baton dr site on friday malicious damago in lsiteview subdivision was re ported to the police at a con struction site on elmore dr concrete pillars wero smashed teatest walls and plywood sheets broken and lumber was thrown into the basement damage was estimated at about 50 acton police investigated thejroakville humane society will be called ln to help nassaga weya council rid the township of packs of wild dogs which are roaming the township and endan gering livestock andresldents at mondays april meeting of council members authorized clerk j c mclntyre to telephone the dog control officer of the oak vllle humane society whenever residents report packs of dogs roaming loose nassagaweya has no contract for service from the oakville organisation but the clerk felt a basis for payment could be worked out previous discussions about wild dogs culminated monday when mrs gordon cragg of the fifth line attended the council meeting to relate a series of incidents at her farm during the past week on thursday a pack of five dogs attempted to attack her young daughter as she played in a field near their home mr cragg had to rush from the fax end of the field on a tractor to rescue her saturday while mrscraggwas working ln her garden the pack reappeared and one dog jumped into the barn where tho calves are kepi while another invaded the chicken pens mrs cragg said she loaded one of her hus bands guns and fired a shot at one dog then another tried to attack her and was finally driven off when her daughter threw a stone at it the same pack returned on monday and got two chicks she said mrs cragg supplied a good description of the pack the leader being a tall slender black shiny dog she staled the 80 to 90 lbs leader was the dog that midnight apparition acton and district people travelling no 7 highway at night between acton andhockwood over the weekend were startled to see what appeared to be a surveyor working ln pitchdarkness with the aid of a flare he was setting up some kind of plastic marking on the ground ln the format acrosswhlchwould only be visible from the air one motorist startled at the aftermldnlght apparition laugh ingly suggested it was a man from mars setting up landing sites for flying saucers why was the work being done under the cover of night unless someone clears the matter up well remain ln the dark too attacked her one is a neigh bors dog and he knows its ln the pack she added mrs cragg said dogs have wiped out their original 30 head of sheep they paid us but thats no compensation for the years of lambs wo lost she said they wore all owned dogs not strays or mongrels and in good condition you cant sit down at that barn all days protecting 300 chicks and all the calves she feared for her daughters welfare and called the opp in on saturday reeve william coulter told of a situation which occurred a few years ago involving a 100 claim on turkeys the actual loss was j2500 but the dog owners insurance paid for it tho maximum claim for poultry he said was 1000 per person councillors reported one town ship resident had to give up a good sheep business because marauding dogs had destroyed so many of his animals deputy- reeve william hoey who also raised sheep said he often had to shoot dogs molestlnghisfloclc in reply to a suggested patrol system councillor mrs anne macarthur feared some gun- happy people might shoot pet dogs which werent doing any harm she agreed that if there was definite proof for such action against a particular dog then naturally it should be taken wore going to feel pretty dreadful if ln a week we hear of a child being molested this is a very serious situation and we lost one hour lost one hour of spring and theres no chance of finding it until fall daylight saving time is adapted this sunday at 1201 am and its with us until october 27 remember clocks go forward an hour on sunday chambers citation to brigade saturday strike no sign of settlement member of local23650 of tho saw workers union wenttin strike against the hk porter dlaston- division co ltdacton plant thursday afternoon last week pickets were set up outride the main gate of the punf on mcdonald blvd shutting don production and barring anyone but management office personnel aiidforemen from entering pickets were still on duty be fore the piper went to press and union officials say the company had made no further attempts at settling the deadlock since their last offer was refused picketing has bedn peaceful with no violence arid local officii ri arid canadian labor con- grass representative jack pur- cell said they intend tolceep it that way there was one incident- friday when four crulserit f rdni the 6 pp drove up along with the acton detachments cruiser to escort an employee who evaded the pickets in the morning out of the plant strikers said they dont know why the crulserswere there because everthlng waspeaceful the employee a torontoresl- denl did not return to tho plant subdivision proposal of 250 housing units shown planning board strikers at thi h k porter plant on macdonald blvd carry divisions brake assembly line negotiations are at a standstill largo placards as they patrol the road between the plant en- between the company and the union local 23650 of the saw trance and warren grove over 100 employees have shut worker down the disston plant which produces saws and the thermold staff photo wild dogs attack livestock must do something about it in order to prevent the killing of just any dog authorisation will be ln the hands of the clerk his responsibility being to notify oakvllle humane society a regular road patrol system sug gested earlier in the meeting was vetoed with tho argument they wouldnt bo around when they wore needed most anyway by the timo they got on the scene of the crime tho damage would be done and the dogs long gone councillors also feared many tame pet dogsmlght be impound ed continued on page 3j possible building of 280 hous ing units on the van gils farm was discussed when planning board met thursday evening of last week mrs matthews of starr real estate representing gelleny builders of weston pre sented plans for the boards per usal the proposed homes ln the 17000 to 20000 price range include some semidetached units the farm is presently coned commercial holding the board comsdered the pro posal and the planning consultant will be contacted members recalled the seynuk proposal is for 190 homes and all the new homes would overly tax the present sewage plant mrs matthews said during the general discussion that a amall shopping centre would be included and the town could sel ect the location for tho required five per cent parkland board members agreed to a special meetlngtuesday yester day to look over the location of the proposed subdivision a possible builders agreement for the town was discussed sec retary iain williams was asked to contact milton and georgetown for copies of their builders agreements some requirements such as paving and sewers might be standardiied the 1000 cut ln the planning board budget made by council was also considered projectaction repeats walk for cancer society two ear collision damage total 350 damage totalled 350 when two cars involved ln an accident at queen st and acton blvd at 11 am last thursday morning the drivers both proceeding west on queen were james a collins of burlington and jacob kulken of rr 2 acton one car attempted to pass on the right while the other car was making a right turn exactly one year ago monday tho newly formed youth group of project action held a marathon walk from thomhlu to acton a distance of about 40 miles eight boys also started out from city hall in toronto the right before ln hopes of beating the other walkers to the finish line eighty some teenagers suffer ed blisters pains and aching muscles to the tune of 20 cents a mile for each mile walked the results ofthlsvenhire netted over 600 to be donated to the cancer society of the acton district once again the same teenagers are going to walk memories of pains and aches must disappear quickly for this year about 140 will attempt it theyll meet at the arena at 545 am saturday april 27 theyll be driven to thomhlu tyler transport and clarence denny have both kindly donated bus service to get them to the starting point almost 15 boys are going to start from markham leaving fri day night theyll be walking about 60 miles because of the number of walk ers registered this year it is difficult for the committee tohnd enough sponsors in time for the walk anyone who is interested ln sponsoring a walker may do so by phoning 8530417 this year under the direction of mrs e browne tho mothers of many of the walkers are set ting up booths with refreshments and a place to sit for the weary anyone who would also like to donate money to tho cancer society may donate at the special booths donation tlnswlllalsobe placed at the rendezvous beauty salon eutabethjlo beauty salon and reliable snack bar this year a party is also being organised for walkers saturday night at the ymca there probably wont be much dancing but a lot of stories will most certainly be told of the days events monday union officials said the duteijs of organ- wed and unorganized trucking firms are respecting their ptoket lines six rneetlngstodlscujiidiher- ences between what the company offered and the union asked did not resolve thebaslc difference there was also a conciliation meeting which failed theve are two main points of disagree menl 1 the pension plan 2 money final offer of the company last week on a two year contract was 13 cents an hour increase the first year and 12 cents an hour on the second they offered no change in the pension scheme which union officials said would yield only 50 a month after 30 years service the union uasung20centsan hour increase the first year and a further 20 cents the second year of the contract with a coat of living bonus not to exceed 10 cents an hour in ueu of a cost of living clause they will accept a straight 25 cents an hour the first year and an additional 25 conts an hour the next year they are also asking for increased pension benefits hourly rated omployees at the plant start at 189 and top rate is 259 steve woloshyn local 23650s president said the union is open for talks at any time but so far the company has not signified they wish to renew negotiations picket duty has been split up between the approximately 100 employees including 20 women on strike with a minimum of six placard carrying pickets doing duty on each shift strjkershsve set a tent up at the comer of wallace and mcdonald sts for protection against the elements a general meeting of he strik ers was held tuesday afternoon at 3 pm in the music centre but union spokesmen reported there were no new developments the meeting discussed allotment of strike pay plant general manager tom shields has represented the com pany ln the negotiations he had no comment to make on the strike school addition libraty approved by 0mb wed ontario municipal heard final approval far the m z serineh eehoel addition and robert utile library was re- celved this morning wednes day by clerliadmlnlmrator jack mcgeathle council will now prepare the necessary by law and the work will pro- mill rate up 77 mills after marathon budget ses sions which stretched into mid night hours over the past few weeks acton council was reduced to sitting in at less provocative committee meetings this weak meanwhile the town office is rushing to implement the de cisions council made with running off the 1968 tax bills actons tax rise a modest one mill residential ande j com mercial and industrial is likely to be one of the lowest la the district milton struck a record budget this week which raised the resi dential rale 707 mills and com mercial 859 this will raise taxes on an average 5000 assessment by 35 tax wus will be in the mall bv the end of the month despite the delay in letting the budget there are two reasons and theyre both pictured here town office secretary lome mar shall and office manager joe hurst are working overtime to expedite the work so ratepayers will receive their bills on time staff photo st john ambulance brigade will be on duty saturday night in full force at the cttlten of the year dinner they are to be the recipient of this years engraved plaqusff and the citation ln their honor will be read by mayor lea duby scheduled to accept the award on behalf of the brigade are divisional superintendent ken thomson of georgetown and george hargrave corps staff officer bob hart will reply there are just tour faithful charter members of the brigade formed april 30 1957 who are still with the busy group mr hart divisional officer wallace gordon treasurer mrs george hargrave and bella mae rossell other brigade members at pres ent are george hargrave secre tary urs hart mrs tom cook urj bill thompson mr aid mrs marlus camman and miss jakoba camman their perennial duties wit keep them busy even the day of their high honor they have been asked to be on duty during the students walk to raise money for the cancer society representatives of the tri- county novices will also be intro duced the dinner colncldes with national chamber of commerce week special guests at the dinner will be brigade officials col j a galloway obe ostj cd md the area com missioner of st john ambulance for southern ontario and mrs galloway of hamilton ueut col h lawlor brown toronto dep utycommissioner of ontario council and mrs christina sel- anders director of communica tions somi od trig smorvtoual trophy winners at leaf saturdays annual legion minor hockey banquet are pictured slong with legion minor sports committee thev picture end story members turn insists far far-