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Do you think the Children‘s Aid Society should receive more provmczal funding? Yes: 3 No: 30 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunda{.,x{ednssda and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printit .P\b]ishhgDistrbmhg Lid. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pickering News Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Colli Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, Georgetown In V Acton Free Press, gimn This AWee%mLJndsa.Thisc "::k. 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Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. its Oakville operations and that‘s great news for the company‘s workers and the town. The latest move will see $400â€"million spent on the firm‘s Ontario Truck Plant here which produces the Fâ€"series pickâ€"up which notched a 35 per cent sales hike for the first quarter of this year over last year. Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. is making another massive investment in The announcement from company president Mark Hutchins, came after Ford revealed a first quarter loss of $94.6â€"million compared to a profit of $14.5â€"million profit for the corresponding period one year ago. But Hutchins, like other North American auto executives is bullish on both the company‘s and the industry‘s future. And with first quarter vehicle sales up 11 per cent and market share at 26.2 per cent versus 24.1 per cent last year, he has reason for optimism. The money will go for a new paint operation not unlike the $450â€"million line installed at Ford‘s car assembly plant. That investment was planned for a new line after the Tempoâ€"Topaz lines ended. That plant now produces Ford‘s new Windstar van. f The company unveiled its new midâ€"size Contour model this week and sales of the Windstar have been encouraging. Ford‘s commitment to both of its Oakville production facilities has brought more jobs to town as suppliers expand and locate here and it gives workers more stability and confidence in the future. That‘s good news for them, Ford and the local economy. It‘s simply the worst kind of planning to force unwanted programs, such as Junior Kindergarten on a board that doesn‘t want it and, or, can‘t afford it. Halton falls into both of these categories and they‘re not alone. The Wentworth County Board is currently waging war against the education ministry on JK and says implementing the program will only take needed funds away from helping the board in its revolutionary mandate to actually educate our young people instead of babysitting them. We agree. Sound investment Instead of the province taking in revenue for education, as an example, and then doling it out according to demand ie. student numbers, it has decided to take not only provincial tax money but also local tax funds and shunt it off to other boards. This is what has happened in Halton and it has a spmoff effect out of proportion to the problem. The Halton Board of Education had attempted to bring in a 0 per cent increase budget for the coming year. To come up with that figure, they even calculated a 7 per cent‘cut in transfer payment from the province. That figure actually came in at 11 per cent and that meant more cuts and a 1.34 per cent mill rate hike. In other words, the education portion of your property taxes are going up $17.94 on averâ€" ace. C The impact of this kind of cynical accounting is that monies are not spread out fairly to various provinciallyâ€"controlled government agencies. If the government is serious about cutting costs, it doesn‘t have to be done that way. as a means to help the provincial government‘s own fiscal mess, is no way to run Ontario. So while Premier Bob Rae sits in his Queen‘s Park office and devises more proâ€" grams and schemes, he does so knowing that an increasinglyâ€"high per centage of the funding will be coming from mumc1paht1es Tne downâ€"loading of provincial government costs to municipal governments EDITORIAL Passing the buck RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S | 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 394 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Are you in favor of the Junior Kindergarten program for Halton schools? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. Wallace said he would turn over his 30â€"acre Red Hill estate to Oakville for $150,000 â€" $10,000 down and the rest spread over the next 10 years. The whiteâ€"stucco Wallace home sits at the brow of the Red Hill overlooking the QEW and "Old Oakville." The property sits directly across the Seventh Line from where the new municipal headquarters will be 30 years ago A large delegation from the Downtown Merchants‘ Association were preparing to attend town council in protest of plans to switch all parking meters in the downtown area from five to 10 cents an hour and to eliminate the penny drop in favor of a minimum five cents for a half hour; and that half hour parking be enforced. "Council seems to regard meters only as a source of municipal revenue," declared haberdasher Sean Garvey. "We contend that it should be provided at cost as a serâ€" vice. The effect of tightening restrictions on parking is discriminatory where both retailer and the public are concerned, and also serves to promote the shopping plazas." John M. Wallace, a retired industrialist and resident of Oakville since 1912 offered his spacious Seventh Line residence to the town for development as a museâ€" um and parkland. 40 years ago rI'ihe Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Association, at its annual meeting, approved the expenditure of approximately $55,000 for plans for a 99â€"bed addition to the present hospital. The addiâ€" tion, including enlarged services to take care of a total of 300 beds will cost in the neighborhood of $1,600,000 with $1,380,000 of this amount to be raised via municiâ€" pal debentures and public subscription. Town police, in a letter signed by Sgt. Ed Heath, informed council it would submit its requests for a $300 salary increase and a 40â€"hour week to arbitration, and named solicitor D.A. McConachie as their representaâ€" tive to the board of arbitration. Town police now work a 44 hour week, and start out as probationary officers at $2,500 a year. Lack of interest in local team sealed fate of Oakville Colts football squad * PAGES OF THE PAST $#A 2. Alook back at the events that made headines in Oakvile. | Ex IMMIGRTION | Mcintyre was found partially dressed and shot once in the forehead. Police found his service revolver but confirmed it was not the murder weapon. There was no sign of a struggle and the apartment was not vandalized. 10 years ago Halton Regional Police were investigating the murâ€" der of OPP Corporal William Mc¢intyre who was found shot to death in his secondâ€"floor apartment on Marlborough Court. The 33â€"yearâ€"old Mcintyre was an undercover and electronic surveillance officer with the Toronto OPP‘s special services branch . He was frequently involved in cases dealing with drug transactions, motorcycle gangs, and other oreanized crime activities. Over the past three seasons the team won only three regular season games and one exhibition game and had gone through three coaching staffs as well as a number of executive chanees. Colts president Gord North cited lack of interest on everybody‘s part as the primary reason for folding the team‘s operation. The Halton Board of Education approved its 1974 budget of $52,274,693. Passage of the budget necessiâ€" tated the first mill rate increase since the regional board was formed in 1969. The mill rate had dropped nearly seven mills since 1969. The 1974 budget, however, was expected to bring about an increase of three mills. 20 years ago The Oakville Colts j Jumor football team announced it would cease to operate in the Ontario Junior Football Conference. The Colts had been in existence since 1959 when the team was formed from 12 and 13 year olds. In the midâ€"sixties the club turned junior in the ORFU and eventually entered the OJFC. built. The home was built 16 years ago. The baseball park on Reynolds Street North was renamed "Wallace" Park after Mr. Wallace donated $17,000 for the installation of floodlights. The lights have since been moved to the Bronte Athletic Field. The Wallace offer of his estate to the town was not the first such civicâ€"minded gesture the former head of the Oakville Basket Company has made.