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r jvctim stn btt ninetyfour vae lo 3a acton ontario wednesday january 33 1947 fourfen poe yert cants north halton school bodrds will continue as committees under halton school board how not to study la a dottarad tie a box of chocolates a portabla radio and a tv guida for a further investigation see this weeks youth page three accidents involve district people hone local motorists were involved in three accidents milton opp investigated during the past week in fridays fog cars driven by victor j geneau of rr 1 acton and david kreemer of lin wood collided on highway 25 at 22 sideroid causing 450 total damage a hone owned by gordon thompson rr 1 was injured when it got in front of a car driven by thomas perkins 1 w longfleld rd on saturday the car received 300 damage it happened on 2 sideroad at the sixth line nassagawcya brtc verboon of george i own and tdley vccnsira of cornwall suffered minor injuries wednesday when a car in which they were passengers collided with another on highway 7 jt mccuiloughi corners their car driven by b a verboon of r r 1 georgetown received 00 damage the second vehicle was driven by james l denny 47 mcadvalc ave acton and received 40 damage all the public and high school boards in north halton have agreed to continue in office a continuing committees to the halton hoard of i ducation until the cihinty board can phase out their areas of responsibility tlie five existing public uhool boards in acton georgetown milton lsquesing and natugawcya and the htgli uhool boards of the three owns met with ounly kurd officials thursday when hey were invited to remain at working commit lee until the end of april acton man crushed in accident this community was shock td by th tfhqlc tuatfi of goa roblnwn 109 crttttftt st actott n an tadustflaj accunt in qualoli yutday wall known in tha town and dktf iet tha 48 vur old nun was apparently directing an unloading oparatlon at a gualph transport dapot whan ousted ouatph potica had not computad an frwht lett ion whan tha paper want to pma son of frank robinson of gaorgatown tha victim ta survlvad by hi wlfa marguwita fruntrvwr a daughter mra dlar evan of limehout torn allan of acton and brian wd kanny at home ha it also survived by a brother douglaa robinson of baamsvllla and three grandchildren funeral service willbe held friday with interment at greenwood cemetery georgetown ljcii lutaid was empowered to handle administration in their local areas in su area com munity relations personnel students instruction internal committee operations business and n o 1 1 1 u s t r u c t o n a i operations their rctpotthiliues were clearly defined anlpt vvas explained their rctpotjftnbilitifs wilt gradually decieosyntil lite end of april when hcounty toard will have atuprncd all ope rat urns and wilf be complete charge s lavender has been named superintendent of the north halton area and has set up his headquarters at mar hum school on hixway dr in georgetown flis revpoiihilitict will cover all cljc fiom kindergarten to grade i 1 in llu fivo municipalities with the exception of iuik trustees whi won uai on the county llojrd in december elections all but one of the trustees has agreed lo continue to serve john ord of georgetown high school hoard a provincial judge in thefounty or peel stalked out of the meeting and said he refused to continue on the committee mr ord protested ihe salary raises i lie otinty hoard gave its lop admimstralois and warned i he leather would expect corresponding raius in pay lis said ihe raives s4 hk each few the director and uvustant director of education wivuld create inflation director jainea singlelitii is lie i n g paid sh00 a year and his assistant douglaa lawless is lo receive s2 000 board chairman i red arnnlage defended he ulariet saying the men deserved the pay for the work thai he ahead ite added the salaries are in line with other counties grand jury scores staff shortage elect brendan aherne to chair parks and recreation committee brendan aherne last years vicechairman of the parks and recreation committee was elected to the chairman post at the inaugural meeting of the committee thursday evening he succeeds john goy who handed in his resignation at the end of lost year hetted to the vicechairmans office was heib dodds a oneyear veteran of the committee joining the other veteran of the twin hatted board councillor i arl klasales are new members phil mccristall bob laughlen und freshman councillor peter marks a letter of resignation from veteran member hugh patterson created another vacancy on the committee which the members hope will be filled at the next regular meeting mr pattersons long service six years und valuable contribution to the committee were recognized and hit ttiignatlon was accepted with regret mr patterson question the action of council in appointing members who werent recommended by the committee without prior consultation with them the committee had recommended two names to 111 the vacancies created by john goy and art cooper but council appointed onty one of them and took another of their own choosing it was councils wish shrugged councillor masalcs he said council voted on the decision und the same thing could happen to any committee where appointments are ratified chairman aherne agreed but noted it was the first time a recommendation from the committee hud not been accepted by council in future he commented it might he just as well to submit all the names to council and let them decide committees named by the board for this year arc administration and i inance chairman herb dodds ptul mccristall and bob laughlen program bob laughlen and peter marks planning and develop ment herb dodds phil mccristall and the chairman the committee will continue to meet the third thursday of each month in the library a special budget meeting has been set for january w members discussed plans for parks in acton with the chairman envisioning walking on park land some day from the high school lo prospect park on fairy lake along the creek it might take 2 or 10 years to do it but id like to see a start mr aheine told ihe committee financial statement no 1 for st648t3 was authorized to be paid conditions at the halton county jail a nursing shortage at the health unit and overcrowding al the luldrens aid and i amily court building in milton wcie scored last week in a report submitted to mr justice lacourciere by a grand jury attending the winter assizes of ihe county the busy jurors inspected the four buildings as part of its traditional duties and found several faults they were impressed however with the facilities offered senior citizens at halton centennial manor and gave the manors design post office will open half day saturdays contrary to an earlier announcement by the national government the acton post office will not be closing all day on saturdays beginning feb 22 wicket will be open from a m until i p m the lock box lobby will be open alt day and rural route delivery will operate as usual transport minister fcne kicruns justified saturday closing for all urban post offices by estimating that it would save the government sm million this year according to acton post master gord mckcown it wouldnt make much difference here the shutdown will only cut costs in urban areas with letter carriers at ihe present time the post office remains open all day saturday however mr mckcown doesnt teel thatjic change to halfday will be a hardship to residents at least 0 per cent of the people come in during the weekdays as well beginning feb 1 the post office hours during the week will be h s 4s these hours will include saturday until the change on feb 22 mr mckcown doesnt anticipite any reduction in stalf under the new schedule maintenance and operation an al rating at the health unit juruis noted with alarm lhat only h nurses commute ihe present staff while there i a demonstrated need for at least 33 nurses owing to ihe shortage the work load is being curtailed and only necessary services are being provided if this is indeed ihe case a full investigation should be made of actual requirements of this vital service and appropriate staff recruited the jurors also suggested salary adjustments to attract competent staff particularly in ihe nursing profession they also found fault with the furnace which they said is not adequately heating the basement area of ihe building and recommended weatherstrippmg on the rear doors of the building jurors praised the operating- conditions and atmosphere at the county jail hut suggested several minor improvements tn the building including a private entrance for prisoners to relieve congestion in the front offices to he installed where the vault and driver examination centres are now transfer of t m o equipment lothe fne hall improvement lo sinks a staircase healing piping and electrical wiring better ventilation particularly in ihe staff area and turning the unused crown attorneys office into an office for the jail governor overcrowding was noted in the childrens aid building a converted residence but operations arc being run efficiently the jurors said well ihgn intolerable conditions were found at the family court building where the wailing room and corridor were jammed with people on a court day the judges chamber is also ilia red by probation officers and counsel jurors suggested an investigation to see if family court could be moved to the brown st court house failing that temporary facilities such as u portable school room type ol building should be erected ut the rear of the family court huilding they suggest holding family court twice a week instead of weekly to alleviate the crowded condition an alarming trend upward in the number of cases was noted 73 skidoojicenses sold but cor sales way down theres no doubt now that snowmobiling is the fastest growing sport in the district already il licenses for skidoos have been issued at the local bureau this is just since november i when legislation came into effect requiring licenses for snowmobiles at first issuer edwin watson was only sent ten itcenses hut he sold seven of them the first day he promptly ordered 100 more licenses and of these only u are left some of these arc sold to skidoo salesmen hut most of them go to private owners ol the speedy new vehicles car licenses thats a completely different picture sales are way down compared to the same time last year the local office has 21 licenses on hand and only 7 have been sold so far the watson family are a raid theyre really going to be swamped at the last minute deadline i the end of february making a quick estimate they figured that if sale picked up immediately theyd have to sell 63 plates a day to come out even by the deadline but of course all this week the usual non rush prevailed a typist will likely have to come to help them out when the rush does start this years licenses feature short easy to remember numbers the letter k followed by four digits the lint number was knool a few people request certain numbers and leave their money and application until it turns up in the cartons most just contentedly take the numbers theyre given two of the designated acton numbers had already been requested by outof town people with a special reason tor wauling the numbers lowering one of the large cement huh into position on the tyler ave project spring creeks which creatod hood conditions during torrential downpour last summer made an undeforound system necessary the system flows into fairy lake efifc glen williams feels ignored wants on map glen williams wants lo be recognized at the regular meeting of i squcsmg ouncil on tuesday night clerk k lindsay read a request from business pciplc m the glcqllut a road sign be put up in george town with directions to the village and also that glen williams he marked on the official ontario highway map it argued that smaller places in ihe area are marked on the map and visitois olten have difficulty finding it ouncil passed a motion to forward a copy of the letter to mpp jim snow and the department of highways the newly formed i squtsmg planning hoard approached council for permission to draw up an agricultural holding by law for presentation and that tunds be available for professional assistance if needed reeve c urne felt it was pointless to go ahead with any fjans until alter the meeting of ijlton county officials in queens park on wednesday on regional government however council passed a motion for the hoard to go ahead with plans red a hclson of k r 2 georgetown and fred nurse ol r r i georgetown have been appointed to the halton county planning board in response to a signed petition complaining of excessive blasting in the two township quarries mrs hughes of the provincial mining inspectors branch has been contacted by mpp jim snow and is prepared to meet with council and quarry representatives in the near future it was agreed to invite representatives from the residents on the petition to attend the meeting as well k 1 indsay hinted that he would like to see tax rebate certificates eliminated he declared that despite the certificates only si 1000 of a total of shoo 000 taxes came in before the specified date people try to cash the certificates in at bank and all ovei ll just isnt worth all the trouble he said however rather than tut them out entirely council agreed to stipulate on the certificate that it would only be redeemable at he township office this should eliminate much of the confusion i ouncil came out with a negative attitude toward a letter from the township solicitor asking for their reaction to another member of his firm taking the acton case in land annexation tom hill was furious can you see us in front of the omb with our lawyer against his partner the towns always win unyway submitted k t lindsay thats because they promise services hut look at that last piece milton annexed there is still no sign of anything being done the rim taken horn patkkg fa alvm moore r r iacton reported to acton police the theft of a tire and rim from the back of his half ton truck parked in the iga parking lot the theft occurred thursday january 16 the value of the lost goods was set at 25 actons marathon walkers delegate in spotlight at cancer society seminar brendan aherne we elected chairman ol tha acton park board and recreation commiltaa at tha inaugural maatlng in tha library thursday evening laft to right members of tha dualpurpoaa oommlttaa are now mambara phil scotty mccrktall bob laughlln vloa chairman herb dodda chairman brendan ahama aacratarv dorla towntlay and council apoolntaaa patar marka and earl matalat ona pott remain vacant following tha resignation of hugh patteraon over a dilute with tha method council used to make new appointment actons delegate and actons eager young people were highlighted al the campaign teminar held by the ontario division of the canadian cancer society about 3s0 attended the twoday meeting at the westbury hotel toronto saturday and sunday january 18 and representing acton and district was mrs ray aibic the local campaign chairman mrs aibic was asked to present a paper on residential canvassing and later was one or six panellists answering questions on the subject she was also asked to be one of 13 at ihe head table at the closing luncheon she was pleased and honored- for acton she said a highlight of the saturday evening program was the premier showing of the cancer society film who saved johnny q the film was partially taken at acton when some of the local young people who participated in the cancer walk last spring were interviewed jthe interviewer and film crew came to the high school several months ago to shoot the segment for the film the acton young people caught the special attention of several of the speakers at the seminar who chose through them to refer to the way youdi is eager to make its place in the world joseph a whitmore campaign cliairman for ontario mentioned the unique contribution young people can make dr wake of colleton university ottawa who was guest speaker at the closing luncheon and graham silcox of kitchener also mentioned the special contribution of enthusiastic young people executive staff and campaign chairman of cancer societies throughout ontario attended the seminar announcement of the naming of miss hope ruth ann campbell was made she will represent the cancer society at special events through the coming year as usual the acton campaign fpr funds for the cancer society will take place in april the film whofeved johnny q will be shown on television during the campaign month