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p santa at micro party nvthitiw- waitino fo santa at the micro plastics christmas party was a real ordeal for sortie children saturday two of thorn occupied his chair until the lolly old elf appeared i window of the music cortre staff photo santa claus appeared at the micro plastics chrlttmai party eluded movies a trick rope and whip exhibition and lunch saturday with gifts for oyer 175 children the program in- staff photo ninetyfourth year no 24 acton ontario wednesday december 11 1948 eighteen pages ton cents council grants all employees 10 christmas bonus blackout blamed on overload hard bargaining for a union contract between town employees and council was apparent in a discussion over a christmas bonus at tuesday nights meeting of acton council a recommendation from no 1 committee of council that a christmas card and 10 voucher be tent to all salaried employees of the town was turned down in favor of a resolution that the bonus be extended to all employees of the municipality only reeveelect dr frank oakes voted against the motion councillor bob drinkwalter questioned the original reeve wits question recommendation asking why it just included salaried employees reeve llinlon chairman of no 1 committee said it included everyone not under union contract he maintained it was better to abide by the contract and not upset anyone mr drinkwalter agreed but argued it was the practice in the past to treat all employees equal its the wrong time of year to set a precedent he maintained maybe mr drinkwalter can get the rest of the town under union contract the reeve suggested he maintained the town was treating all employees alike its i poor gesture in this day and age charged councillor t tyler theres too many scrooges around im for giving it to all employees he suggested salaried employees should be given extra if the town wanted to show appreciation c ouncillor perry a member of no 1 said he had never agreed with the resolution at committee level councillor b masales said everyone was aware of no 2 committees feelings this is a goodwill gesture not a bonus for better jobs mr hmton suggests union people get something salaried personnel dont councillor g mckcn7ie said however he had supported the resolution because when the bonus system wis started town employees were poorly paid the new contract gained them many more benefits they are still on par with other industries in town countered mr masalcs thats got nothing to do with it mr tyler maintained this is a christmas gesture most of us receive something from our employer at christmas why did they join the union asked dr oakes sewage overflow tiling tyler advises on contract reeve hmton was assured at tuesdays council meeting the discharge of effluent into a ditch by an acton company was unintentional and would be corrected mr hmton was questioning a report in the minutes of no 2 committee which revealed the ontario water rescources commission had investigated the complaint the committee decided the matter be left for the o w r c to settle with the company told the industry was the 11 k porter co the reeve asked why it happened mayor duby replied that something had gone wrong with the discharge unit mr hinton said other industries had been criticized for this and that council has the responsibility to direct that no one should discharge effluef into a ditch whcie the water goes on into fairy luke the committee left it with the o w r c to handle explained clerkadnumsiratoi joe hurst they have asked changes be made so it uont happen again it was not a deliberate attempt the mayor insisted they were having a problem with gr hidings it was pointed out that the sewage plant had difficulty handling any surplus effluent at the time how is the o v rc involved asked councillor mckenzie theyre taking samples all the time replied the clerk mr hmton also questioned it work was going to proceed on tiling of tyler avenue despite information from the department ol highways that grants probahlv wouldn t be available until l you voted tor it replied councillor ted tyler lone objector to the resolution passed t council s last meeting mi tylei felt the matter ot a cjant as too unsettled to vote tor the tumoii ere assured hv the liepartliicni to proceed and grants would be available said councillor drmkw liter it there s no payment this year well have to reapply in ilb the clerk stated the work has been accepted by the department is a subsidized project 1 in vviiite sure theyll accept it in 1 t ommittee ol the whole haiimau has perry said there was no sense in turther discussion regardless ot the outcome work has started there s no recourse the mayor concluded there s no point in deterring work that has lo be done mr hinton speaking to couneilloiselect peter marks hill t oats jack jreer and orv hapman who attended the meeting 4- observers said that thev should m ike themselves liltornicd on the south spnrjg wjiet contiaei with heatdmoiv and i vehlkll seutll eeimes lip tor renewal he said itie town sold water at lower thin eosi undei the present contract he advocated the eonliaet should jc icnccolialcd at a new rale no consideration was given to the capital costs involved mr hmton claimed about the charge of l cents per thousand gallons he said other firms felt the town was subsidizing beard more s he suggested however that beardmore and co would not he difficult to deal with among other things council passed a resolution proclaiming thursday dec 2h as boxing day reviewed possible openings on committees appointed by council heard the reeve express his appreciation to the press lor thjir reporting of the election especially to i sther tav lot whom he said deserved a tremendous amount ot credit tor hei ceivetage mi hinton said her leports were fair and accuiate he also commended the uon i ree press two newcomers county council two new members one of them a woman will join hilton county council when the groups uuugural meeting is held inearlv januarv mrs anna macarthur nassagaweya j new deputyreeve wont be the only female on lialtons senior municipal body builmgton s deputv reeve mrs tvelyn burke joined councd a year ago to start her twoyear term the other newcomer is actons new deputyreeve ted tyler jr the llalton councd is comprised ot the reeve and deputyreeve of each of lialtons seven municipal couneds in the five towns the reeve and deputy are tanked second and third to the municipalitys mayor m the two rural townships hsquesuig and nassagaweya there is no mayor and the reeve and deputy head up fiveman councils with no elections scheduled in milton oakvdle and burlington in 1 it left just four municipalities and eight county representatives open to challenge for their lobs reeves allan day of oakvdle austan ledwith of mdton and gordon gallagher of burlington and their deputies wdliam gluies ron hurls and mrs burke all automatically return to round out the second year of their twoyear terms reeve george cunie and deputyreeve tom hill of etqucung successfully defended their positions against challengers in last weeks township elections in nassagaweva when the sitting reeve william coultei decided to ictue deputy reeve william heiev stepped up to contest the teeveship and won it in a two man race mis mae rihui a councillor in the township tew several years was acclaimed to the post ut deputy reeve actons sitting reeve 11 ii hinton decided to contest the mavoraltv seat and lost in the battle ol the ballots i his let t his seat open for an acclamation lot former deputyreeve dr f g oakes councillor tyler stepped up and won an acclamation as deputyreeve teoigetown reeve wdham hunter was also acclaimed to the same post he is just completing a year as warden ot the county council his deputyreeve rthut speight ttouueed one challenger in last mondays election to return to the county chambers as georgetowns second representative now the membership of the council for 16 has been decided the campaigning should start soon lor the wardens seat although no public announcements have yel been made piobable challengers are reeves allan day of oakvdle and austan ledwith of milton while councillors unofficially use the turn system noone to better themselves answered mr tyler at the expense of the taxpiyer retorted the deputyreeve lets show our joyfulncss by giving a bonus other years we negotiated successfully but they called in the union task force to bargain this time they started it youre just putting another rail in the barrier councillor tyler said you wouldnt have the present employees on the contract and wages paid before mr misales stated i support unions 100 p cent mr hinton maintained saying he had taken the management side at the bargaining table but had always supported negotiations well 1 certainly dont support unions retorted mr tyler anyone who knows anything about the teamsters will know why mayor duby reminded council it was too late to go back to the original idea of giving fresh turkeys to everyone councillor mckenzie said he supported the bonus as a goid will gesture but that his idea ol the gift was to benefit salaried people and offset gains made by others the amendment authorizing the s10 bonus passed with dr oakes still opposed has ever sat down to dehne any regular older ten turns the unwiitien ground rules sav a municipality cannot have a waiden two sears in a low lie must be a reeve and the same man should not hold the ottice twice even at intervals olegathering olten starts in early december as soon as the municipal elections are over and the candidate olten has a pietty good assurance of the scat betore the early january inaugural session convenes ol the seven reeves pundits predict a dayledwith fight reeves galhngei hunter and c urne ate being ruled out because they have aheady held the post reeves oakes and hoey while experienced on county council are new at being reeves and not likely candidates for a race miltons last warden was dr c a martin who took over late in 1962 when warden wdfrid bud died in office and held the post for the remainder of that year and all the following year oakvdles last man in the top seat was herb merry in 1965 reeve ledwith was nominated for the post one year ago but declined to make the election of warden hunter unanunous an overload on land fuses is blamed for monday nights power falluro that left nearly a dozen acton streets in the dark during supper hours acton hydro superintendent doug mason explained that hit men had to replace a land disconnection on the corner of river and main streets in addition a 200 amp fuse opened up on tho queen and young corner the pow hreak occurred at b 10 p m cutting off homes along main street north churchill road north milt street east arthur and several streets in lakeview subdivision it took two hours to replace the power mr mason denied that the sudden cold spell had anything to do with it he said he felt it was simply a case ol overload with the addition of christmas decorations to regular prime timo consumption similar brooks have occurred before but not for some timo making a big deposit ys man president gary bateman handed over robert little schools u n i c i f barrel worth s766 uk to teller sherry morris at the bank of montreal i riday parking bylaw receives two readings committee a group of men who individually can do nothing but collectively can meet and decide that nothing can be done an amendment to a bylaw to regulate parking at streets leading to the beardmore and c o plant entrance on llgin st received two readings at the regular meeting of council tuesday night it was opposed by reeve hinton mr hinton objected to the bylaw on the grounds patking should be allowed through the week on llgin and intersecting streets on at least one side for the convenience of people who live on the streets the bylaw would prohibit parking in some ateas through the week but relax rules for the weekends councillor bob drinkwalter said there was no room for parking on either side the mayor reminded council the resolution leading to the by law had been discussed at great length before it passed the bylaw can not proceed beyond two readings until a new council is in power the reeve said he felt the main requirement was to get the snow plow and garbage truck up and down the street one side should be left for parking he insisted and recommended the south side as suitable council turned his suggestion down it means widening the street the mayor claimed a matter taxpayers will appreciate its not a matter ol denying the ratepayers were just making the best of the situation phoney bank inspector foils in attempt here last thursday afternoon a phoney bank inspector phoned one of actons older women residents who lives alone alter wotk on thi iono discuss ed tiling of the water course on tyler avenue started this week the huge cement tiles will be laid along the street from one end to the othec emptying into fairy lake the lob will cost approximately 50 000 about s20000 of which council anticipates will be supplied by grant staff photos ii 4 m m 4 4 she had talked to him she called police who watched in vain tor the crook to show up at her home both hanks were advised to watch lor him the caller bad told the woman he wanted her help in catching a thief a stranger also obtained a copy ol the voteis list tins week however police wonder if this man might have another racket on the go as a phoney insurance salesman no incidents have been reported yel but they are urging residents to be wary the phoney bank inspectors have had luck with victims in milton and georgetown recently two ten collide during saowstorai during last thursdays snowstorm two cats were in collision un queen st raymond iatenaude rr 1 acton was driving east on queen and william george macdonald 4 roseford was attempting to come onto queen from the acton plaza when the accident occurred the patenaude car had about 75 damage and the macdonald car ss damage no charges were laid