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Tanners ask provinces to join parley with Pierre The serious crisis In the tanning Industry has had such a strong effect on the Tanners Association of Canada that they are asking the Ontario and Quebec governments to loin a delegation seeking a meeting with Prune Minister Pierre Trudeau over the Issue of large Increase In Imported being sold In Canada The president of the Tanners Association has written William Davis of Ontario and Premier William Bourassa of Quebec Indicating a delegation was being formed of the Tanners Association the Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada the Ontario Council of Leather Workers and Canadian and Allied Workers and Employes Tanneries to meet Mr Trudeau and his Cabinet Results of the meeting requested by letter March could seriously affect the Jobs of many of the Acton employees of Beardmore the country largest tannery We need all the support we can get impress upon the federal government the fact that the Canadian tanning and with It the Canadian shoe manufacturing Industry la In a highly critical situation over the flood of shoes being allowed to enter this country said Peter Stewart Tanner Association president As noted in a Free Press three weeks ago in 1960 Imported leather shoes sold In Canada amounted to five per cent of the pairs produced In Canadian factories By 1972 this figure had Increased to approximately per cent Several employees have already been laid off at the Acton Beardmore plant some of them Indefinitely Despite the major efforts of both the tanning and shoe Industry to Improve their performance In recent years we find ourselves being pushed against the wall by declining markets and overwhelming Imports Stewart said The tannera ana shoe manufacturers have charged unfair competition from subsidized manufacturers In the socalled developing countries The Canadian tanning Industry is almost totally dependent on the domestic shoe market so If the Canadian shoe market goes down the drain the Jobs of men and women In tanning and in related Industries will be affected An earlier submission In May has not been answered by Ottawa Ninety Eighth Year b 38 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH Slxtcon Pages Fifteen Cents Centennial Commission work done dissolves Downs FIREFIGHTERS PRY BROWNS CAR APART AT SCENE OF DOUBLE FATALITY MONDAY Two area men killed in headon collision After almost a year and half of laying the groundwork for Actons centennial celebrations the eight member centennial commission has decided their Job as a steering committee Is done They will bow out In favor of a centennial committee with a much larger membership representing all Acton organizations Commission cochairman Jack Carpenter gave a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce this Information Saturday morning at one of the commissions regular breakfast meetings at Dominion Hotel Carpenter said the commission will present their new proposal In full to Acton council at a Joint meeting soon The commission has proposed that the centennial committee be headed by a chairman and a secretary with lots of time preferably paid Under them will be a fund raising committee charged with raising money for the centennial projectthe renovation and enlargement of the community centre Seven other subcommittee are proposed working in conjunction with the first two They are Program Building At Home Decorations Country Market Youth and Historical It is proposed that one member of the present commission will serve on each subcommittee In an advisory capacity Mr Carpenter has the names of several Acton people designated to serve on the sub committees most of them submitted by varioiworganlzationa and he has contacted several others who have Indicated Interest He expressed the commission a Interest in keeping the Acton country market alive In 1973 and 1974 as well since it was partly through the effort of the commission that an Opportunities for Youth grant was sought and the market succeeded The group of youths who operated the market are not eligible to try for the same grant again but the commission hopes to keep It operating Mr Carpenter also emphasized that many of the commission a activities have been Instigated to provide the proper climate for Actons centennial Including neighborhood dances where it was never expected a profit would emerge He said It was the commissions intention to get the people of Acton to know one another by participating In the various projects Quizzed by the five member delegation from the Chamber of Commerce about fund raising the cochairman Bald the commission had postponed the major fund raising effort until better weather He reviewed some of the activities which had raised money including the Brick campaign an entirely voluntary mailing effort with no attempt to door to door or by person Mr Carpenter said the commission had run Into Its share of disappointments but had arranged a splendid program for which would make the year one of the most memorable Acton had ever experienced The project fund has approximately in the bank to get the main financial campaign going He noted also the project was divided Into three stages so It could be spread over the time money was available for the Job He also said there had been some confusion over what the centennial project was because of the efforts other groups were making and he wanted to make it clear the Issue had been decided at a public meeting which everyone had the opportunity to attend and express their views as well vote on the choice of a project The centennial commission had been named by council and was responsible to the town fathers for any of their actions Two members of council were to attend commission meetings Chamber president Ed Bendlcks past president Roy Goodwin Second vice- president Allan Eastwood secretary Betty Eastwood and treasurer Wayne comprised the Chamber delegation which attended to throw their support behind centennial and get a behind the scenes look at the commission activities Mr Carpenter told the delegation he likely would be a member of the program committee Two area men were killed instantly and two passengers were Injured Monday night In a grinding headon collision on the Five diversion east of Dead are the drivers of both vehicles 19yearold Randolph Randy Brown of ville and 46yearold Ties of R Acton Two passengers In the Brown vehicle are In hospital one with serious injuries and one with undetermined Injuries Wayne John Dowaon 17 or Port Perry in Oakvllle Hospital with a fractured pelvis and was being operated on Tuesday morning when kidney problems were discovered Richard Mitchell from the Oakvllle hospital to Toronto General Hospital No serious injuries were but doctors arc keeping an eye on hi3 condition Police said all lour men were employed at Mohawk Raceway Brown and Mitchell were employed by harness racing driver Doug Hie Brown Is the son of Mr and Mrs Doug Brown of Guelph Line Spainbound Acton group misses Montreal flight Severe weather conditions and overloaded aircraft delayed the arrival of 36 Acton high school students and chaperones in Spain The Acton party was supposed to leave Toronto International Airport at Saturday but the flight was delayed because the aircraft was overloaded Four thousand pounds of fuel had to be burned off before It could take off for Montreal where they were to catch the flight for Spam They finally took off from at and landed at Montreal at 47 too late to catch the Madridbound flight Ovtrolffct Is Montreal Air Canada put the party up at the Skyline Hotel In Montreal Sunday morning they bearded a New Yorkboundbus to catch a flight Sunday evening from New York City This time they were successful in catching the flight and left finally for Sunday evening arriving in Madrid Monday morning The students are spending four days in Madrid before flying on to Torremellonos from where they will spread out to such well known Spanish spots as Toledo Segovia and the Valley of the Fallen Saturday bus trip from Acton to the airport was done In some of the winter worst weather and then the travellers encountered severe turbulence on the flight to Montreal Several were sick The plane ride was so bouncy stewar desses were forced to ait down rather than dish out the usual lunch and beverages Many parents and friends were at the high school Saturday to see them off and bid them voyage south of He was single Kremer who lives on 17 north of SpeysJde was married and the father of three children It took a crew of Milton Fire fighters and two tow trucks to pry the injured from the wreckage of the vehicles Both cars 1985 Chevrolet and Kroners Plymouth were described as total wrecks by investigating officer Const William of Milton OPP A harness racing cart which was affixed to thi roof of the Brown vehicle was also damaged in the collision It became detached and landed feet away from the car The accident happened just west of where Five Sideroad splits Into a diversion road around the village of Campbell- beside the Consolidated Sand and Gravel pit Spectacular accident maroons two Acton couples in Barrie THE HON GEORGE KERR has announced Bruce Cargill of Acton has been appointed to the Credit Valley Con servation Authority by the Provincial Government Mr Cargill has been active in many local organizations and is a past president of the Acton Progressive Con servative Association Two Acton couples who braved Sundays blinding snowstorm were forced to spend the night In as the result of the tragic chain of accidents which left 15 people dead along highway 400 Mr and Mrs Charles Perry Jeffrey Ave their Don and wife Ann started out to return home from but were turned back at the accident scene by police The accident occurred south of the Thornton seven miles south of and involved a truck bus and a number of cars estimated between 35 and It began in a swirling snow storm where visibility was almost nil Cars stopped at the scene of a minor accident and the truck loaded with lumber smashed into them overturned crushing cars as it caught on fire Trapped in cars People were trapped In burning cars and had no chance to escape the Dames A few minutes later an Ontario Northland bus smashed Into the wreckage creating more havoc The had originally intended to travel north Saturday but turned back in the snowstorm after going as far as Sunday the two couples left In Don Perry car about and experienced no difficulty until they got In the Schomberg district They travelled about 30 mites an hour We t see two car lengths ahead said Charles Perry but the lack of caution of some drivers was noticeable despite the severe weather conditions They encountered one seven car pileup on the way up to Although the senior Perrys had intended to go on to Severn Bridge they stayed with their son and his wife In Barrie unwilling to take another hazardous trip Conditions had improved Monday morning when they returned When we were turned back Sunday we made no effort to find another route we Just turned back to Charles Perry told the Free Press County council debates raise A proposed bylaw that would Increase salaries for members of County Council promises to provide a debate when county council meets next week Georgetown Reeve Morrow has gone on record as opposing the increase from to tor the councillors and from to for the warden lie noted It would represent a 1970 and he pointed out cases where some people who might oppose takes in salary chose to goto their job Instead of a committee meeting because of the amount of money It would cost them to skip Acton Reeve Pat McKentk said the matter should be decided by members of council not Just the administration com- it cost ratepayers for salaries and with the draw Theyre off for sunny Spain Industrial draw DOZENS OF PARENTS relatives and friends waved adieu to boarded a bus trip to Toronto International and they missed connections for Madrid were Alice Artm htchsrhnnl students nnrf wJakHiav twin new arrangements from New York raises the same figure would swell to s Acton high school snowinonecMU new arrangements from New York aty Con felt tt raises were in order Helen grounds Saturday afternoon The travellers Spain in a few hours However the flight to Montreal was late which necessitated Coles Photos