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Tory nomination At Tory nominating convention will bands banners and Hawkins of Acton romped home the winner on the first nftfhl Ho will the Progressive vatlve banner In the next provlnefnl election ftn the new riding of Burlington s wins RUSHED Gnry Dawklns moments after he named Progressive Conservative candidate for Halton Burlington principal of M School In Alton pot I voles of iho flOfl loin end than George of Georgetown surprlso candidal Mm New ton of com bin In auditorium of Ernest School Milton Jam with roughly bolster Conservative said the years of rule In Ontario Ho re null of Rood government and good management com parable tu any In the North American continent He government In volvcmcnt Increasing an alarming rale too many were put on the Individual Ho bureaucracy wot Increasing One Your No BO ACTON ONTARIO JUNE 11 196 Georgetown mill rate 7598 Twoniy FUtnim Corns Esquesing mill rate 7412 Blame sewage plant Small Acton tax increase Taxpayers in Acton will pay an increase of mills this year or on a house assessed the budget for Halton Hills revealed Monday night Esqucsings rate is up mills and a assessment there will mean an additional 34 in taxes while Georgetown taxpayers with the same assessment will be billed for additional for 1 mill rate increase It was good news for taxpayers who antic lpatcd a substantial boast in taxes and a Kenneth Steel funeral today Funeral service is being held today for Kenneth Steel Jr of who riled an a result of an accident Sunday afternoon The twocar collision on the sth line of just north of the township line funeral at the Shoemaker funeral home in Acton is being conducted by the Walter of Churchill Church Cremation will follow Kenneth came to the district with his famil a ago from He hud completed his semester at Erin district high school and was working intending to go to college in the fall He is survived his parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Steel sisters Donna and Konni and brothers Perr Missing lad found Provincial Police and close to one hundred worried Acton citizens combed the streets and bush area of town find eight ear old Richard Pine who was reported missing shortly after eight Milton detachment of OPP were called in to help in the search and responded with two cars The boy was found shortly alter 9 clock in the Agnes Main Street area by Brian Smith an employee Ford The boy was relumed to his home at 183 Maln St S to the relief of many especially his family the boy said he was playing with his friend Terry and didnt know that he was being searched tor He hadnt returned home after school beaming finance chairman Hirry Levy said the Hills budget was the best in the region Council endorsed and accepted the budget in one short session Monday night Acton taxpayers faced increased charges on the operation and improvement of the region operated sewage plant which accounts for a large pari of the mill increase rate payers will pay extra mills principally because of a 10 per cent drop in the provincial stabilization grants Levy said Hills is txphined ihc most envied municipality of inflation wis estimated ill H 12 per tint tht levy went up 11 per fin council was almost able hold the line in of I to reduce the lJ75 port idii was lied In to look aftir Iirl of tin for to hold taxes below lb rait of inflotion sorb dm ilion v ib lo a sub stantial surplus of rcnnininc from list re thin reduced s budget is not sit until the first Hit wis reduced this ycir to do this still men lo residents of town IU paid tribute to of the treasurer and staff and dipartmcnt for re ihstic well liid out budget which v is presented to councillors pre in hound copy containing almost ever conceivable piece of relevant inform ion pointed out Hilton Hills w is also to lor one third of new fire truck for Won pari of arena and swimming I In and part of the Hint payment on computer for town offices in 137 Inst tail of 1U7G lie felt this would Ik tremendous help in l pressures from reduced would more Hurry son explained that I ing null rite went up i mills prmeipilly because of reduction In pro vincial subsidy general stabilization grunt which is reduced yt over a five year period This year it went from 71 to grants are used to reduce the livy or he mount raised by charges which sent the Acton mill rate four mills pikt Georgetown wen down in Georgetown but council his sel up a fund to stabilize ihcm mill which mints lo Council hopes to stabilise the charges at eight mills Henderson pointed out he had used a WO assessment to out what the small i mid tax He applied an Continued on Page KENNETH STEEL and Gary all at home He had participated in Acton Legion hockey since coming to this district Police report the car driven by Kenneth was travelling north of the fourth line when it came into collision with a southbound car driven by Eugene Bouclair of Hamilton Both drivers us well as passengers William Hamilton and Blame Campbell R Acton were taken am bulance to General Hospital Ken was later transferred to Toronto Damage wns estimated at The detach of the OPP in In hospital Puch of Scar borough who is Ken Steel cousin is still in hospital with a fractured spine fractured leg laceration and chipped teeth The driver of the other car Eugene Bouclair is in satisfactory condition with fractures Campbell was discharged Tuesday he suffered bruises and lacerations Attempt to split opposition Review portion hydro corridor Minister Dennis Timbrel that is the Governments intention to provide mechanism a review of a portion of the Bradley Georgetown Hydro trans mission line is requested by citizens in this has been branded a presentation by ihe Inter Citizens Group It doesn I do anything we asked said Bill Mann resident of the group which as representatives from IS townships along the corridor route among lis ranks As he sees it the review is intended to pit farmer against farmer township township at each other throats in efforts to have the hydro transmission corridor in some other direction It brings Calcdon and I- townships back into Ihe dogfight Although the announce mini makes the Government sound like the white haired Is an attempt to split the opposition into factions while hvdro gets ahead and does what it Mann said in effect in a telephone Interview with this newspaper He said the Interested Citizens Group is meeting with Mr again on Tuesday last nighll in an effort to persuade him decision to review a portion of Ihc line is unfair and un democratic We never requested a review of portion of the lines as statement says We asked for in independent sludv of the entire line Mann The will issue a statement after Tuesday meeting John Schneider another member of Ihe executive said the means been taken lo the cleaners and we thought Mr was a reasonable man We asked for an in dependent study not a review of a portion of the line now we gone the full circle and we are back to where we started Schneider said People here are really enraged by the announce mentand they represent a sizable proportion of the people in the townships tin gnp and I hit Had I Kilt tied In tin a ol it intirpriHi maintain are fully with regional govt rnmml but miixtict tin thin In period when can lie mild it It should but chung iiatioiiH IU of bell art UN for grntraliomi wiih but tin Individual rights of anil Indlvl along In way not trampled on He im Ik fully an tin along tht hydro llawkltin tin Hal dii at Inn of tin lie hi in tin world Hi Haiti mum of tin r valuta must hi Iniludt In Hint and link of dint Iplliu I mil portly to Hit day Hi rt pitsinluilvt for rt his to mi it public mild in would be a full candidate who would a turn of from job us principal and pit d be would go from door to door throughout tin riding Put McKtmiL Hills councillor nominator for said Ik tin ideal age Not young and and not old and sit In his ways Hi had through the tin Club Ihc and the Hoard of Managimcnl of Knox Church an well his job an school principal fluid he hud known Ihe candidate most of his life and muled he wan would ly si tin riding dialing fairly with all the from all walks of lid Daw klnn would a have of and full In tin riding Hi llu was only old mid of oxi family who hud livid in Hi Alton an a Hint Hi mild will but ir old bad j Ihe young mln Hi the II in loth young pi III Hit lion In Whitli In Is pnrtritr lit a not ill vi lop in Hi In win not In fa of I ind a unit in Ihi Into In by and whs willing to hue r in tin ii- ln Ki of In had known I was highly rrvputid lb mid fuel Hawkins was op principal at principal In for Itself Hi nllnutlinlL factor figures the four formt municipalities are assessed different values age Georgetown assessment of would only amount to when Hit willon factor for Alton was applied Similarly cipjalizalion factor would rcduct comparative assessment to while the small portion of deeded lo Hills taint if a house assessed WO In Georgetown in taxes Ihc Hume house moved to Acton would cost the taxpayer If the house went lo the taxpayer would have So apparently the cheapest place to live is the former township of but residents of Ward Two are not charged for services such as crossing guards garbage collection street lighting except for Glen Williams and Ball ma fad and sewers which makes up the through which the corridor will travel Schneider said He said the announcement itself a written document was full of contra dictions including a para graph which states there is a need within the next years to service Ihe Kitchener area with a 500 transmission line but he notes the very next paragraph states Hydro will propose that corridor to Kitchener should be given serious and early forthcoming hearings on the expansion of the electrical system Schneider also says that the announcement suggests Solandt recommended the Urn chouse crossing of the Escarpment because it could Continued on Page 18 BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS Maureen three a bouquet to Mrs Mae Lambert at the commemorating years of church union Sunday The Rev Eric Nelson of Trinity United watches the charming ceremony More pictures