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Ontario Hydro increase Try to hold line on Acton rates Although Ontario Hydro announced rates will be raited for most users of electricity in the province an Acton Hydro Com ml a spokesman said the Commission would try to hold the town rates as they are now Increases In rates to municipal utilities who buy power in bulk from Ontario hydro will and a half per cent Rural customers face 10 per cent increase in places served directly by Ontario Hydro However Acton Hydro chairman Wtlf McEachern told the Free Press the local commission would likely hold the line as long as they could He said there was a cushion to fall back on and he thought the commission would use funds on hand until they were gone Then they would think about increasing the rates Acton commission has resisted price hikes on two of the last Ontario Hydro increases Ontario Hydro chairman George has blamed the new rates on Inflationary forces higher labor rates and higher prices for fuel which will also push up production costs More capital need Another factor underlying the new rate structure is the need lo prov ide mora capital funds out of current rev said over the last few years the proportion from current revenue going towards additional generating and transmission facilities has been declining as a result of higher con costs and the size of the program acknowledged however the rate ad will depend on the financial position or each municipal system and local circumstances For many municipalities the increase will be less than two per cent This results from ihc elimination of a charge for standardization to frequency of GO cycles from 25 which has been in effect for years The total cost of the program will be amortized by the end of The increase to Ontario Hydros rural customers Is required not only to meet increased charges of wholesale power but higher costs of distributing it over the province While the average Increase is 10 per cent actual increase will depend on the customers classification and con sumption Large industrial plants served directly by Ontario Hydro will also face a 10 per cent increase NINTH YEAR No 19 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Eighteen Pages Fifteen Cents CHAIRMAN GEORGE McCague left talks with the two Halton ap pointees to the new Niagara Escarpment Commission at the first meeting Tuesday Warden Anne MacArthur and former warden Jim Swanborough got the Jobs Bob Burtt photo Region votes against administration chief Halton regional don t want an ad mlnlstrator to act as a go- between for department heads and the regional councillors or a highly paid messenger boy for the council That Is the message councillors drove home during the first meeting of the regional council in Milton Monday The subject was aired when David Coons spokesman for the selection comm made a verbal in his report Coons men tloned he and the committee had gone beyond the terms of reference and recommended that no chief administrative officer be hired He said the committee felt it would be an unnecessary level In the structure between the council and the depart heads Chairman Masson con the administrative officer a must to coordinate the various departments I thaveaskedforonetf I t think it was necessary but it is up to this council and if you vote against it we have to make do he said Burlington Mayor George Harrington said he felt the system could work best with department heads to committees If It Murder trial next assizes Thomas Bourfce will stand I trial for noncapital murder I at the next asslies In Milton I He was charged last May in I connection with the death of I his wife In the I MaplecmtApts on Churchill I Rd S Bourke committed to I trial by Judge William Parked cars are victims In the only two collisions investigated this past week I by Acton police parked can I were the victims Last Friday I an unknown car struck Mrs I Ruth Marshall a car parked I at her home on John St Dam age wan estimated at On Saturday a parked car on Mill received estimated I damage when struck by I another unknown vehicle I Owner of the damaged car is I t work that way then inflict an administrative officer upon them he suggested The selection committee will eventually consider applications for a treasurer engineer and clerk as well as personnel director and planning director A com ill examine Ihe needs of Ihc county regard to a legal department said it was possible that three solicitors might be needed Council now relics on a legal firm for which it pays a retainer fee FLOWER tIiat WON PEACE Esquesihg to ask for more road subsidies council to nut bile on the Minister of transportation and Com munlcalions he Hon Gordon Carton for additional road subsidies but the Minister 1 going to be aught so easily In a letter lo Ihe township council Mr Carton I edged representations from cabinet colleagues Jim Snow and George Kerr regarding a meeting but noted he was busy with Departments estimates and wouldn be able to attend one set up for Monday November at Queen Park However he said his assistant William Newman would meet with Ihc delegation to discuss possible further subsidies Hut this the kind or answer Tom Hill wanted We want the Minister there he told council Monday night We don t want to bent around Ihe bush again Hill said he- Ministers assistant really promise anything but Ihe Minister himself could give i firm commitment and this is what the township week Why not put t off a week he Minister Is not so busy with the estimates then asked Councillor Dick deputy reeve len Coxe thought the lownship repre sentatives might do pretty well talking with Mr Newman instead of his boss Hi hurt us last time observed Coxe The reeve acknowledged they had received more maintenance money the last time they talked with Mr Newman but he felt Messrs Snow and Kerr could use a little cabinet pressure to see heir colleague met the delegation Which is to be composed the reeve deputy road super intend and consultant A letter is to be sent to Mr Snow stating the deputation will appear on he suggested date later in the meeting council held a discussion about township roads with superintendent Bud Snow The situation councillors admit t rosy Because of the poor condition of roads the township had overspent considerably and hoped for subsidy was going lo be a means of baling out of financial rouble superintendent Bud Snow cautiously observed he was afraid up a on the Line because it might need replacing and he wondered where the money was coming from if it did He wanted authorization from council before he committed himself any way Despite the money spent on township arteries Inern were still many com plaints council many of them justified Among other subjects council dealt with at Monday meeting inspector Tom McLean gave his October report showing building permits were issued for value of most of them for new homes in the township Council instructed the clerk to write an 1 I man stating he was contravening the township by allowing occupancy of a plywood building on his lot when the other home was occupied He Report losses Some members of Board of Education alarm at the number of books and the amount of source material being lost or stolen from County Secondary Schools The mot was discussed during a meeting of the board of education Thursday when members heard a from the Communica tions Arts Program Council The number of articles lost ranged from 1 230 in the county s high schools and a total of 7 items were re ported missing in a recent questionnaire Remembrance services Sun The actual date of At the service at Day falls on a the cenotaph will beat Sunday this year settling the Sunday morning followed by matter of the date of service community church service uniformly in Centennial school at 15 The parade will begin at a 10 in Acton and proceed lo was requested to have the building vacated by December What a Christmas present served Councillor Dick Decided to hold over the lengthy report from he township s hydro lines committee regarding the hearings in Toronto until the next Monday when they would request com members lo meet them The report is in dicolivc of the committees enthusiasm and ability said noting it was also quite com pre hensile Clerk Del ranch told council he had received word from the Ontario Municipal Board that he holding by law had been approved for another six months beginning October 10 Councillors wondered whether this would interfere with Ontario Hydros plans to erect stations at Ashgrove and Ballinafad since the application to change the land use had come in after the date of the extension but decided it would not The clerk was asked to acknowledge a Idler from ros regarding warning signs and maximum speed limit signs on the Ninth Line and inform him the limit Is miles per hour on township roads unless otherwise posted They felt posting signs there would result in further requests from other parts of the township The deputy reeve told council he received a phone call of thanks from Fourth I me resident Ralph Denny for the ditch and road work done in that area Tom Hill presided for the three hour meeting with all members of council present the cenotaph for a there about am I lowing this is the service in Trinity United church at 15 At the cenotaph Legion president Bob will giv e the Legion charge John Mo Hugh will read the names on the monument George Elliott will sound Ihc Last Post and Reveille and Legion padre A McKcnzlewillgivt Challenged by cliffs Within the past two weeks WrealhS he Acton Outers Club have been introduced to be laid Colors The parade will proceed in to the church with their colors which will be placed at the front Vic Patrick and Ed foot ill will read the lessons and G Onions will preach The usual impressive win dow display fills Acton Home Furnishings show window this week and the Poppy Flag is flying at the cenotaph Can for the Poppy Fund will be making their rounds later this week Nassagaweya In the scr vice is at the Soldiers Mem pin on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of council and Acton Legion new challenge- based ac They were Peter Arbic David Cann Mike proceed in ftoodburn of Kathy John Gorjup J i Ed David Hannah David K Sly Holmes Wade Knight Lome McGregor John Mctlugh Paul Peter Arbic Paul Pctric and Paul Sllngerland Bruce attended a climb on Swift and Jeff Townsley Saturday October on the Once again Bob Woodbum cliffs at Rattlesnake Point supplied the equipment All of the participants were coaching and expertise impressed by the difficulty of required the climbs About different Five climbs of varying routes up the limestone cliffs difficulty were available been named and graded Both psychological and according o difficulty by the physical challenges were Alpine Club of Canada frequently experienced as the In the proper handling of Th Rev Douglas will be V in charge for the program of SJr to M hymns placing of wreaths the climber were and reading of names climbing on low laces inauffktent master the Sunset Rock near Camp- difficult sections of several of bellville is about feet in the rock faces height and has SO different Guctt climbs on it This area Is used A special guest on the training and conditioning activity was Bill Buddie a site before higher climbs are teacher from High attempted School who is Involved with an Outers Club and who hopes Twentyeight participated to do some rock climbing with In bouldcrlng training during his students in the the next week and IS of these borough area reading lit ART ATTACK If someone has had a heart attack do not move the casu- views the landscape far below from his high perch SAFETY ROPE holds Paul Petric as he clings like a fly to the rocks a nee advises Send for aid at once and support the casualty in a sitting tion taking steps to prevent him from falling forward TEACHER inches his way up an overhanging cliff face