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Mayor Anne reviews 1974 The Free Pre Dec 3 A year of success rewards some disappointments IdTipas By Bob Rurtt For Milton Mayor Anne MacArthur wos a year of successes and rewards In an Interview recently the Central Library and the hod been as a Milton Memorial Arena were regional government Ten both projects Initiated by for that project will be councils but completed let early In January y the 1971 administration Disappointed mayor reflected over the Both serve as milestones In The new municipality was happenings of the year 1974 town development formed and some depart and spoke of the highlights The mayor noted that aside were amalgamated and disappointments she from the major soft and new ones set up with faced as the towns chief vices constructed hard minimal staff Increases the magistrate services to which previous mayor said of progress On the positive side of the councils had committed the in connection with the ledger Mrs is town were carried out to the park north of High pleased with councils ability best of council ability way and In connection to gel along togelher and to While many projects were with the addition of the third mould the urban and rural carried out during the year phase of the pollution control sectors of town into one the mayor suggests the plants were major disap- unit council been able to polntments She laid that while forge ahead the way it would The mayor indicated that have liked to because of many phase of the plant holdups that occurred as a still t operating properly result of regional council 1 m disappointed at being Introduced The mayor expressed disappointment In several The Forest Grove project Ii one job that spoke out divldimls there no bit the council table and differences opinion carried beyond the council chambers Milestones Completion of the Milton the region with all of Its expertise to set the plant working efficiently Anne MacArthur mil us providing or new visions II bun my tint the people facilities should pay she said In the mayors eyes of the town is a must Slit feels industrial development and additional will be If t going to be rlimded muling eom While Hit mayor ripid of she does need and growth in with hi rale nut in Iht official pi in and lindiuf In population of KX linn no v itll7 Hint art now can support two paying for transportation and meeting other needs she said One of the gmls the mayor of is restoring roads sidewalks in the older established parts of as fur them If at all possible senior citizens should tie freed the education lax Sunn our smior and people on fixed incomes arc so proud hut art having a very dlf lime ofit Council must be limit rned for them she fill While pleased that louncil was to eontrnl the level of tun increases this year the mayor said was con it mod that with the com the town is with the lie done next year The industrial residential assessment ratio is all out of whack and must be brought back Into proper perspective she said Board planning has been done and the official plan is well on Its way Mrs MacArthur is optimistic that real progress will be made in redeveloping the central business district I sense a determined effort on the part of the merchants to participate contribute and get the wheels moving she explained There has been some talk about the post office moving to facilitate expansion the Mayor said but she the expansion of the post office Its current site represents the key lo redeveloping the central business area Some consideration has been given to eventually expanding the municipal complex to Include the area where the post office now stands Mayor MacArthur feels that such a development will never come to pass or that the town will never come to need a facility Mrs MacArthur looks back Grant A provincial grant lor 977 the final payment towards completion of the Scotch Block Dam and Rcser voir has been forwarded to I la I ton Region Conservation Authority Fast Jim Snow announced this week The project Is in the Town of Hills The project involved the lion of considerable land and the construction of dnm on her first yesr as mayor with mixed feelings Locally I finish a day and really think we accomplished a lot but hen I go down the region regionally 1 feel we re nowhere comeback getting from I hi I start another year at the region full of ambition and heart and with a strong desire to gel the best I can for the people of town of Milton she concluded Masson reviews regions first year Sees Halton shaking off its growing pains Hot Hurt was a more than a when Allan Masson up in the count buildings on Ave In Millun as the first regional With him lie hid just an ailing clerk Brown and a score- tun Susan The region now out of in and lias in Its In an rectntly outlined tin trials tribulations he mil ntoiiiili red during the first ir ration Most of tin First jnr was in lev loping new that never on a regional Ik fori luring niw depart In iris and Inking over that had been In turmoil I- or the region is the seem of turmoil during Ihe iarl months as new depnrlrmnls wen being for mi and old ones Ihc process wan hampered some councillors who In an to keep the regional staff la check bucked progress and from time to time sidelined plans Conflicts between local area governments and the region also highlighted the months of regional government Masson claims regional politicians improved as their know ledge of what the region is all about has increased He suggests fences have been mended and relation ships between the region and the area governments have Improved as well Is big help Masson claims council decision to go through the belter part of the year with out a Chief Administrative Officer also hampered pro gress was hired to do that job only a few months ago and according to Masson Held experience in regional government in Sudbury and Thunder Bay has proven valuable in Work has begun on the official plan and Masson says the Job will keep the planners busy during the coming year He hopes the document will busy during the coming year He hopes the document will be done within the three year ALLAN period specified in the regional bill Masson sees as a year the region will be heavily involved in engineering for public works projects Big project The addition of a laundry to Ballon Centennial Manor will be a major project and is estimated to cost more than half a million dollars Public trnnsll is an CHURCHILL COMMUNITY CHURCH Churchill Road North Sunday Jan 5 The Place Prayer Friday Jan 3rd 3D m Session Meeting Now Year to Ah The Church on the Hill Is an Indirdenom motional gallon the Ity II Woke BETH EL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Churchill Rev J Sunday Jan 1975 Sunday Worship Services at and Pre Sunday School during morning service Sunday afternoon MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Maple Ave Georgetown A Church Pastor Riv Roll Assoc ate Pastor Rev Don Sunday Jan Sunday School lot all ages a m Morning Worship pro Evening Fallow Thought Peace rules day when rules the EVANGEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE C ED Rev S Pallor Tuesday Dec p Watch Night Ser vice showing sound motion colored dim Sounds Love featuring Ten Boom also Maria Van Trapp and Dale Evans witnesses lor Christ In a world ot sham Thursday Jan 2nd Crusaders Christ Sunday Jan 5 10 00 a Sunday School 11 a Morning Service 00 Evening Evangelist Service ALL ARE WELCOME tree town Bus vice lor children and adults to and Sunday School on the All Red Bus Also rat pick up For Information phone or Matthew And she Mary 1 shell bring a son and thou shall call name JESUS for shall his their sins UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA TRINITY CHURCH ACTON Rev Eric Nelson A D Minister Or George Elliott A Director Music Sunday Jan 5 am Public Worship Sunday Church School Everyone Welcome BAHAI FAITH You are warmly wired to at tend a fireside discussion very Friday at Phone A lit Is In this age stirring within all the of the arm ami yet none hath discovered Irs or Its THE CHURCH OF ST ALBANTHE MARTYR Anglican Comer Willow St and St Dr Rev Leonard Ewlrtg Rector Director of Music Mrs Frank Sunday Jan CHURCH IN CANADA KNOX CHURCH ACTON Rev Andrew A Minister Mr A Hansen A Organist and Choir Master Sunday Jan am Minister Confirmation Class for Teenagers 1 1 a Church School for Beginners Kindergarten and Grades I to am New Year worship service Sermon The Greatest of all the Years I Sable and cared for In nursery Everyone most welcome thai is apt dominate head lines Intermittently through Masson sees that as service that must be throughout the region bul not necessarily taken over by region He notes that and Burlington both run bus services Milton runs a limited service and llnllon Hills has no bus service According to Misson llnllon Hills council Isn t Interested in having the service intro duced Masson he was op timistic that GO train con could be made to serve the people of Milton He sees need for cooperation between the various palitles in the region to organize bus routes and schedules so thai passengers could cross political darlcs and traverse region without a great deal of From a regional point of view transportation services that now exist in the region are chaotic he says Edgar Lidkea dies in Guelph Edgar Wallace of Mill St died In St Jos hospital in Guelph on December following a lengthy illness He was years old On May IB he married the former Katharine Mi in North Bay the place of his birth Nineteen years ago Mr I and his moved to Acton In November of 1967 he retired after years of employment In the office of N It in North Bay and Toronto Prior to his illness Mr Lid was in the Y Mens Club Walker Lodge and was an elder and choir member of the Trinity United Church He also served for five years in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War two family Mr is predeceased by his parents Mr and Mrs William C I idkea of North Bay a son David four brothers Howard Clifford Willard and Hill and a sister He is survived by his wife two children Mrs J of Germany Randy of Owen Sound and grandchildren Scott Susan and Sean Mid of Germany Tasha I of Acton and Drew I of Owen Sound Tin Is Unit Oil region tun the It rm of in Iwo years time lit operating with gov m tut gen ties Joint building vtnturi nils noted other government has Ihc region a good In that regard Masson sees the possib Illy of i District Health Council Introduced in llnllon during The chairman said there been some bit Ihc province At that time I said we had our full We re blessed good health service in the region We have four good hospitals and four good hospital boards We t disturb hat hi said The function of district health council is to supervise the health services Human Services Council will do hat job as part of Its role once It is set up and olive During 197S sees expansion of pollution control plants as priority Item tint must be dealt with before the region can expand its housing stock to any degree Pollution control plants In all four municipalities are at or over capacity now he FREE Gols GAS very New Demo or Any Used Cor No til RANK RATE FINANCING NO MONEY DOWN IF YOU QUALIFY BAZ MOTORS LTD Guelph St Georgetown Offer Good till Sat Dec CHURCHILL COMMUNITY Church orchestra played at the Chnptmas services held at the Christian Reformed Church Silvers Milton School of Driving DOT OSL CALL GEO BAIRD ZENITH NEW TEAR GREETINGS GRACE ROBERTSON Robertsons Flower Shoppe ACTON BAPTIST CHURCH BO Mill Street East Founded Paitor Mr Das Sydney Church Phone Pastor Phone J THURSDAY Choir practice Sunday Jan 5 am Sunday School am Morning Church Service December with the Nelson officiating Masonic service was held the evening of December 19 Interment was at cemetery with pallbearers nephews Jack of Dun Harold of Kit and Lidkea or St Catharines Jack McGeachie of Milton Bill Benson and Bill of Acton Honorary pallbearers wen Billy Middlclon Nell Bowles Charlie Leather land Stuart Reed and Pete all Acton ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER YEAR ending rod it time to memories and la only the hippy tike out ml enjoy it quiet moment And to hope we may brine to during the wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year May the coming year be filled with all good things in life for you your family and your friends We thank you for your patronage during the past year and we look forward to serving you throughout the New Year jacks mjL Staff Management HIGHWAY 25 JUST NORTH OF 4D1