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a Chamber may organize industrial committee The Acton Free Press Wednesday April Executive of the Acton Chamber of Commerce has been given membership approval to continue investigation of the possibility of forming an industrial committee within the chamber Approval was granted in spite of the feelings of some members at the chambers recent dinner meeting that the chamber might be wasting its time and money by inviting the heads of local Industries to a dinner meeting to discuss formation of such a committee President Roy Goodwin felt an industrial committee could promote business among industries already established in town He pointed out the town already has the Acton Development Commission to try FEDERAL ASSISTANCE programs for businessmen were outlined by representatives of departments in a seven hour seminar organized for Halton businessmen by MP Rud Whiting The seminar held at Sheridan College Saturday was attended by representatives of business and industry Whiting welcomed the representatives and emphasized the program was to tell business what is available to it through government by J Dills OUR READERS WRITE Whole school system needs overhaul Dear Sir Mr Brays letter was all well and good but it give me any answers to the problems that bother me There we very few geniuses in this world Most of us concerned with children in schools arc just average people who want average answers to our questions Mr Bray didnt tell us why the school finds It simpler to hove three to students running through the halls every hour Instead of six or seven teachers quietly moving from room to room This necessitates having lockers for books which although supposedly locked are still tampered with 1 are stacked constantly which means a student has to pick up all his books off the floor every time he opens the door Locks arc often removed switched or even found In triplicate or worse on one locker What happened to the oldfashioned disks where a student put and the teacher moved around creating a lot less disturbance Sure we had some problems with books disappearing but are there any less problems now Why does a student find it necessary to take a special commercial course after completing Grade 12 Why are our schools concentrating on preparing students for college when the largest percentage of them never get to college How many students know what they want to be when they start high school How can they choose proper subjects to fit them for a position they haven yet chosen What ever became of the old apprentice ship system where a boy could earn a little money while learning a trade from practical It all bolls down to the same thing Experience dependability and loyalty mean far more than two or three years more of school I not pointing a finger at any particular school or any particular teacher 1 saying the whole school system needs a complete overhauling before It breaks down completely and leaves us stranded in the middle of nowhere Mrs Atkinson Students not prepared for society Acton April 11 Dear Sir Munition is not in School How true for Mrs Atkinson I it- in two suns must be in the some clash us The do not walk the streets hut prefer to sit with Uncle Bobby and the Sesame Street crew How challenging for an 16 year old new trend in education it careful guidance a teacher to lead her class to learn discover flit children are grasping the new idea well With very limited discipline the school they have discovered that they can become disrespectful ignorant educated clowns who can apply for relief when their tune in school has been served I do not feel that our local schools arc preparing our future citizens to meet the demands of our confused society cannot be expected to teach manners and good citizenship as well a trade armed services might bring these adolescents to their senses before it is too late Mrs R Smits Middle class going to pot no in the pot With which to pa the bills Our taxes must go up a lot To for social frills We cannot lax the very rich We cannot tax the poor bo few of them to make the pitch With the middle class it sure we take it from the middle class The folk who are most inventive Tax them all brass And rob them of incentive We must have better teachers teach us how to live With all these modern features bo the middle class must give A tax on this a tax on that the must a bigger share The middle class must go to They haw the most to spare to bring new industry here Takes over Secretary Betty Eastwood told the meeting many towns In Ontario already have industrial committees and that in one town the committee has taken over an industrial park John Secord wondered if the chamber had enough money in Its budget to throw a dinner for industry heads Past president John pointed out many local industry heads dont have the authority to make such decisions anyway On the subject of the dinner he saw no reason why the chamber should pay for such a dinner since many industry heads have larger expense accounts than the chamber The question is added Is the Chamber of Commerce satisfied with the job the Acton Industrial Develop ment Commission is doing We don know whats going on up there he offered Bob Sly representing at the meeting thought the local chamber should ask other chambers for their experience In organizing industrial committees Mrs Eastwood was Instructed to write the Canadian and Ontario chambers for further information Although permission for further Investigation of an industrial committee formation was granted the matter of a dinner meeting was left up in the folk about HORSES with Jennifer Barr protests education levy Council feels the township is getting a raw deal concerning the municipal education tax levied this year and has formally protested to the County Board of Education The education mill rate Is based on total assessment In the area including industry But in a basically rural township such as most of the taxes are paid by homeowners There is vciy little Industrial assessment In the area In addition to the lack of industry much of the land In the municipality is In the hands of absentee landowners creating clerks In the county must be held higher taxes for residents Have days The decision to protest the tax rate was made at the April meeting of council The school tax levies were announced by the Ha J ton County Board of Education in March If a town or township disputes the mill rate It has JO days to protest under the provisions of the School Ad ministration Act Notice of the protest was revealed at lost week meeting of the Board of Education When a protest Is filed an arbitration meeting with all the municipal Hearing Thursday The clerks will sit on an arbitration board In a hearing set for tomorrow at a in in the administration office the Halton County Board of Education on the Guelph Line in Burlington Members of Council will present their case at that time year the Board asks a levy from Flint means a mill rate mills lower than but councillors claim the rate was higher than normal because of an error Die Board made in 1970 Crosswalk dangers concern council Question Could you give me some hints on endurance riding Answer- Allow at least weeks of conditioning for a 25 mile ride Ride your horse every day starting with a five mile walk Increase the distance till you are doing about miles a day with a lot of trotting If you cant ride out one day try and do an hour of ring work Include obstacles and hills In the rides sleep hills and try to find a river to cross Get someone to show you how to cheek pulse and respiration A well- conditioned horse has a fast recovery rate I e after a gallop or a hill climb his r will be high but should return to near normal in 10 minutes Every once in a while lake the horse for a really long ride 2530 miles and throw In a good gallop llcst the horse for a day before the rule fry to light in the saddle as possible change leads and diagonals often When a horse if tired collect him and brighten him up it helps you both If your legs are tired shorten your stirrups a notch rather than hang your legs loose Feed heavy on grain and include a vitaminmineral preparation If horse is pastured bring him in at night and feed him hay and grain It helps to harden his muscles Learn to rate your horse so that you know how long it takes him to cover one mile at each gait With practice you will be able to tell how fast you are going without knowing the distance Question Should you ride a horse during the winter If so how often If aot how would your horse get exercise Answer By all means ride him whenever you want Thats what you have him for Hide him as often as you wish but be sensible and observe a few ground rules for winter work He will have a heavy winter coat so be sure you dry him out very thoroughly after youve ridden Give him a good 10 minutes of warmup before doing any fast work If doing a lot of work make sure he has enough concentrated feed He will need winter shoes with calks or borium to avoid slipping on the ice Leather pads in the shoe are also handy to stop the snowballing within the hoof Whether you ride or not your horse should run out in a paddock every day preferably all day no matter what the weather Winter riding is tremendous fun the horses are lively the air is brisk and the ground is soft if you should happen to part company with your lively horse Disturbance at hotel Sort Police were called to the Station Hotel about midnight Saturday night due to a disturbance There had been damage to tables and glassware No arrests were made as the suspects thought to be from couldnt be identified An Acton man who was charged with being intoxicated in a public place Tuesday of last week appeared in court in Milton Monday and was fined Police had been called to the Royal Cafe at clock in the afternoon In the opinion of Mayor more education on the matter wide publicity and perhaps a little more surveillance Is needed to encourage pedestrians and motorists to obey regulations at Acton two crosswalks Themayor made the statement at councils regular meeting week after Councillor Norm Elliott expressed concern about safety at the Mill Street crosswalk Elliott charged a motorists view of children stepping out on to the street is often completely obscured by cars who are illegally parked beyond lines marked for parking Cars may not legally park within feet of a cross walk Issue tickets Elliott said he watched a policeman make out a steady stream of tickets one morning for cars parking too close to the crosswalk Is there anything we can do to improve this situation he asked his colleagues Councillor Earl Masales pointed out that some people have to park exactly where they Accidents charges reported by police want to get out He suggested there were probably other off street parking spaces available Councillor Peter Marks wondered if three or four parking spaces could not be eliminated on each side of Mill Street crosswalk Increase fines An increase in the fine for parking offences was suggested by Councillor Bill Coats Have fines kept pace with the cost of living he asked If it got up to 10 or 15 dollars people might think twice Mayor assured council the town had purchased the best possible crosswalk signs so that they would do a good Job Councils public works committee is to investigate the matter further A freak accident at the high school parking lot was investigated by police Monday afternoon When one of the students was in her family car Its gears accidentally became engaged The car rolled and struck the car of teacher Mrs Mills Georgetown Total damage No charges were laid Wednesday a charge was laid after a car left Eastern Ave and struck hydro pole Damage to the car was estimated at about Hit parked car hollowing an accident Sunday an Acton man was charged with unpaired driving and failing the breath test His car which received estimated damage hit a parked car owned by Douglas Damage to the lAckerbie car was estimated at A charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident was laid against an Acton man this week the accident occurred on Mill at April 12 The parked car owned by Telford McDowell Georgetown had estimated damage The driver of the other vehicle left the scene but was later apprehended by police rtirce other charges of impaired driving were laid during the week two on Friday and one on Saturday Two drivers failed the breath test and one refused to lake it so was charged CASCADE HOT WATER HEATER Juit Month AT ACTON HYDRO ALICE STREET DOLLS SPECIAL SAL Featuring our complete stock of Dolls by Reliable Regal Mattel etc Some are in special sets including Changes wearing apparel Baking jet and other Specialties SEE OUR SPECIAL DISPLAY NOW to 50 Dont miss this fantastic doll sale Hintons 5 to Store BAZ MOTORS YOUR AREA VOLKSWAGEN DEALER IN GEORGETOWN County nurses still talking A shroud of secrecy surrounds negotiations between the County Nurses Association and Halton County 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