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north ha i ton annual meeting nq the acton free press wednesday december 11 1968 p d rannrt funds equipment donated to retarded the annual meeting of the north hal ton association for the mentally retarded was held at the sunshine school hornby on thursday vicepresident ralph barton chaired the meeting in the absence of william ferguson president reports on their years activities were presented by cach of the three ladies auxiliaries acton and milton ladies auxiliaries presented the association with cheques for ssoo each georgetown auxiliary had previously presented 1000 to the association the flowers of hope chairman reported a total of s5300 lud been realized from the campaign he thanked the auxiliaries and everyone who had worked so hard to help in the campaign ii isham director of the workshop gave a report on the progress made in tliis project the advances made in leu than three years of operation arc encouraging the association thanked the adult services chairman s dance for his tremendous effort with this projeci making such strides the association tcck on coming year will sec some action taken on the residential cue plojclt at tlu tunc in the meeting john trotter treasurer ol the actorl lions club presented a heavyduty vacuum cleaner lo the workshop dneuin under the direction ot uiy banner nomination liurnm an election of oticers was itch rev r i i jtffnii installed the following oftices president ralph lluimj georgetown first vicepresident jv ycaiinon milton second vicepresident james i angedyk milfon treasiuei mrs ralph harton georgetown recording secrctaiy mrs vv ireihy georgetown corresponding secretary mrs loin nye milton the jollowmg colninittce chairmen were also elected adult services s dance milton home are mrs i iiighlen avton rescaidi mrs jeffaios milton residential care mr i uiglilcn acton spiritual guidance rev james reese milton membership j langedyk milton iuliln relations i- v cannon milton llulletin mrs ii hum milton recreation gordon diwe acton scraphook mrs s dance milton these people were ihiuked lor offering their services and it is their hope the public will support then clfoils in i in coming year make sure the crook is the only one gypped new executive for north halton association for the mentally retarded during 106 was chosen thursday evening at the isjahmr annual meeting included were back second vicepresident j langedyk president ralph barton first vicepresident f v cannon and front recording secretary mrs w treahy treasuror mrs r barton and corresponding secretary mrs t g nye staff photo phone rates up in march to meet cost of expansion bell conada announced today that because of rising costs it has applied to the canadian transport commission for approval of higher telephone rates and charges the company hat asked that the new rates take effect march 1 1160 under the new exchange grouping system part of the companys application acton will change from old rate group s to new rate group 4 according to l g denby local bell manager the rate for individual residence service in acton mould increase from 415 to 470 per month business service would go up from shoo to si 000 for individual line service and the monthly cost of private branch exchange trunks would change from si 00 to 1500 no change is proposed in the rate for customerdialed long distance calls over 35 miles most calls requiring the services of a long distance operator wdl be higher in making the announcement bell president robert c sctivenet said bell canada telephone service is not only equal lo the best in quality but alto among the least expensive in ys mot induct five members november member ship month for the ys mensaw acton ys men take positive action by inducting five new members into the club district governor don israel on his official visit with district governorelect gene fillebos assisted an induction team composed of hlmer smith the world he pointed out that basic telephone rates have not been increased in the past 10 years to do our job of providing uptodate and reliable services to the public mr scrivener said we must have adequate financial resources it is essential that telephone rates enable us to meet the cost of daytoday operations and make possible the financing at reasonable cost of the necessary facilities and research bell officials emphasize that the company must spend substantial sums of money for research and innovation this is vital not only to permit the introduction of new products and services but also to expand and improve the existing telecomumcations network and meet the requirements of the public acton rati s service present proposed residlnch individual 415 470 2 party 3s 375 multiparty 305 355 i tenuons 100 100 businiss individual hon 1000 private branch cxcli trunk 12 00 1500 i stcnuons 135 150 sincere thanks esquesing voters for reluming me as your deputy reeve t seasons greetings to all tom hill walter dubois pat mckenzie gary bateman id leatherlaiul and president inducting llovd broostad alvin clarke harvey goodman ross ribey and frank scott gift for the chinese auction was won by barry cleland fines master bruce andrews extracted a heavy toll from the membership especially bill henry whose legal counsel norm elliott missed the session highlight of the meeting was the presentation of a cheque for 76688 to the ys mens unlcef fund by the student councd of the robert little school rev gordon turner of trinity united church wdl speak at the next regular dinner meeting of the club huisman holland shop fine copper and brastwar from holland wall mates 0 tapesymts bl m cu1tain5 hoob cove hne selection of imported clothing com in and see oui oif selection afttlcaywk5 mucmamt groctttles and meats clotd fevffty monday 71 mill si u3o930 cucial occurrences u town durum the op i lunmimu week were considerably heavier then uvtiil i iu ill a ease ol shoplifting in the business area jiuj i thel t ol jiutsule christmas lights were invest lulled and a number ol youlhs wcic questioned and warned i here also was a report ol a phony bank inspector in town however nobody was victunicd h him i be si man detachment oiud iqul of 2a0 hours while the town cruiser hooked on oko miles 1 wo noninjuty accidents yeic investigated and resulted in minor damages lo the tour cats involved i our people- were ciiared and nine mote warned under the hfihwav iraflk act magistrates court in milicti on december 2 saw ihe mmiril of cases i e mamlcd uu til i ebiuir i low c vim six people were coin icteil nt various ollenccs anil p ml a total ol s o in lines ami losis s the t hnstmas season chaws l loser we would like to remind the puhlu to beware o the swindler the polue urie i he hrislnias season as the uook knows is the tune ot ear everybody is puicliasinp and lariic amounts ol moiiev aie heini spent ihe phonies such as the bank uispeitoi ami dillerenl door to tioor salesmen are there tit cl their share ol your dollir ihc past week saw one report of a phony bank inspector and there will very likely be more attempts it is up to the public to inform the police it any attempt to del rami them is made meiehants also beware ihe bad cheque passer and the short chanci v ill be out m full force and attempting to take iulvint ot you in your rush notls when you je busy and maybe not quite as observant as you oidinarily would be ilvou are careful and watch whom you deal with and how you deal with litem nobody should be pvppcd but the crook lumsell and wlut cares about him safety patrols trip to city satetv patrol members irom both public schools will see hnstmas i nryland at the i grounds i oronto this satuiday i lie tloup ot 00 is lea mi the arena at i oclock by bus ioiiii with them are cons linicc mcailhur ons roy wood and uihary policeman i eo weuiiei ihe trip is a thank you lor the etlorls ot the salety patrols avis rentacar and truck rental phone 8775323 special weekend rates free delivery closed sunday dec 15th after 2 pm open again monday 6 am dei 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