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Average tax bill may go up 112 possible 15 mill education hike The average tax bill in Hills could rise as much as this year and Milton ratepayers ma be forced to fork over more to pay for education in Hilton Chairman of Board of fmincc committee Trustee Bill w if all progrims and sen ices ire maintained this the mill rate could up if to IB per cent or and 15 mills The cost of each mill is on in iv age isstssment in Hills of and in Milton the cost of educating tieh student in Hilton will no up ip 17 or lRpernnl this Mir due to if all existing arc maintained He said mills of the possible 14 or I will be due to i three per tent reduction of support to Law son iddtd the reduction in provincial grants alone will cause a per cent mill rate increase The members of the board consider thai such an increase H or 15 mills would be unacceptable to the ratepayers of Nation steps will have to be taken to contain the increase within a responsible imount declared The Milton trustee said the finance committee will carefully scrutinize every aspect of the education operation so the mill rate increase can be kept as low as possible It be the hope and the intention of the committee to minimize much possible impact of the constraints on the pupils said He warned every facet of the boards operations will face constraints of some degree this year Reviewing the board financial opera in the past noted education in has always been provided within provincial ceilings The chairman of finance committee said the board has been providing a good sound education system since It was formed in 1969 and despite cost per pupil increases of per cent over the last seven years it has been able to reduce the overall mill rate nine per cent admitted one of the reasons education mill rates have been reduced despite Inflation Is the support payments by Queens Pork have risen from per cent to per cent In a letter to Premier William Davis Education Thomas Wells members of and MPPs the board outlined the possibility of to per cent mill rates In and wondered ir they will face the same sort of provincial sup port reduction in 1977 or if the grants from Queen Park will be even further reduced next year In Its letter to the province the board noted it has always operated within ceiling limits and when It was formed In it was encouraged by Queens Park to develop new programs with the promise of gradually increased grants Board chairman Judy Alexander warned in the letter an Increase of or percent in taxes would be unacceptable to the ratepayers in region Would it not have been more prudent on the part of the if such a change is necessary that the change could have been phased over period of and thus given the board more lead time to adjust the situation and thus lessen the pact on the pupils Mrs Alexander asked the province referring to the cut back in grants ST JOHN AMBULANCE first aid instructor Blair Beemer right demonstrates to his night school class how to apply a bandage to a wound without the proper materials Bill Lee gets a first hand view of the method as victim The course is at the high school on Monday even One Hund and Fit ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1376 Thirty Eight Pages Fifteen Cents Seek business levy for downtown parking fix Nielsen I representing Chamber of merce told Hills works committee Monday mil ask downtown businessmen to allow a mill rate lew lo help finance the development of downtown parking Mr Nielsen told Hit com miltee it recent of Commerce meeting the con of opinion wis we TRAFFIC WAS HALTED IN both directions following a car truck collision on Highway just west of Corners Thursday Francis Foley of Queen Street remains in hospital in satisfactory condition Mr Foley was a Cartruck collision passenger in the car Gasoline from the truck s fuel tank had to be washed from the road by the Acton Fire Department Damage to the two vehicles is estimated at 1 Resident kept in hospital Francis Foley AA of Queen Street in pitil in condition with a broken right teg following truck collision jusl west of rewson s Corn Highway it Mr Foley s 1G old son Derrick who wnsdnvinu received cuts and bruises ind wis released after treat mint A truck passenger Trie 1 of Toronto received back Injury Ml Ihnc were taken to Hospital by imhulance The truck driver Jacinto iti of Brampton injury The front end and motor of the car were damaged and the truck s gas tank ruptured spewing fuel onto the highway Hone road Acton firefighters were called to hose down the rood Traffic in both dlrectioas was stopped for a time The truck was following traffic when it veered into he land and the two vehicles collided police say Total damage to both ve hicles is estimated at SI MO Charges are pending Separate School seeks shared accommodation Discussions will be held discuss the possibility of Separate School Board sharing pupil attorn modation in Acton for use is a separate here of the Holloa Sen irate School board wrote school board concerning his board consideration of i school in Acton Director of I read of his loiter at Ihe meeting last Thursday It was agreed th it chairman Alex and vice ehairman Bill Herd will meet with Dr for exploratory told the county I The Property and Plan ommitlee of the Separate School Board has been considering the of the Board s first separate school in the Town of Aelon The separate school hoard is however that the Ministry of Education current program of restraint in the area of capital makes an immediate building program impossible To this end a motion was passed at the December reg meeting of the Board that a Liaison Committee consisting of the chairman of the Board members of the Property and Planning Committee and tlon be established and that the Liaison Committee mi exploratory discussions with the Board of Education re the possibility of sharing pupil accommodation for an interim period in the town of Acton The concept of sharing accommodation has been a sensitive and difficult issue in certain areas of the province but because of the good rcla that exists between our boards I feel that this matter can be discussed in an open and amicable manner Chnirman Treats northern residents in 1 illord to lose more parking spots Customers and mere hints are all saying we don have enough pirklnc now He noted the businessmen can understand win have lost parking spots on John Street ind St Albans Drive but as Atton grows the parking problem will become worse We are at nw Mr Nielsen n Hid Hit merchants hive Inst spots in he past of whit the ten this tin of neon f Mill minimum of irking spots is m lit sud he Mr will he to the businessmen iskuithimto lf null Tenants flee hotel during am blaze the Dominion Hotel hid to he durmt an morninc and the primiseselnsed for rest of Iht i unknown origin broke it I id in locked third floor storage riMim itcordinc to fire chief Mick Holmes sive dam igt resulted I- 1 imcs id into the boll and one bedroom as firefighters fought to keep the lire under the chief said The second and third storeys received extensive smoke damage is It billowed throughout corridors and rooms The entire structure receded witer damage Mr Holmes water Rot into the wills and poured down the tin hotel into the kitchen other rooms Ititicuc tenants Aclon volunteer fire fighters and police led or car tenants out of the bur building Some spent the remainder the night with friends or relatives others w three or four hours before being able to return to their rooms the fire chief said The building fire alarm system had awakened most of people I he hotel was closed all day and night Saturday under the orders of fire chief He explained he had to do this because of water damage and to give him a to cheek the ceilings is possible Tw i fire trucks were on the scene within minutes of ihrm sounding In spite of Inle hour Almost even Baron hearing Friday Tins will ippear In provincial court in Milton for prelim hearing on three of attempted mur der He appeared in court lasl but the case was ad journed until this Friday The Crown Attorney Jim intends to prose cute the case himself The trial is expected to about the end of March Baron was charged October with three counts of at tempted murder Victims were his wife Hilda and i man and his son who boarded at Baron farm Just cast of Acton Mayer Wayne nine All wen shot in the with i calibre revolver for which had a permit All three have since recovered Baron has been in custody n Ihe provincial Jail it Milton or the past three months in rtsMiiiied to the i ill Mr Holmes ml with few it the fire ill refill Sent picks in const due to the smoke The snow covered fire int w is not used id the w in fire trucks inks put oul the binI Mr Holmes could he did the dim was extensive throughout entire building in up crew started work on morninc in order brine the building hick to norm business is by the of thi weik Column begins Region Ill joins ihe rinks Members of in providing for Ins eon i column of in formition comment Silling on both region and iren councils Mr is aware of what bulb levels of governmenl He II he writing his column il and hopes to make return living i easier for the people of district Guelph hospital wants contribution from Halton A special report is being prepared on the use of hospitals by residents following receipt of letter to regional chairman Allan son from mayor asking the region to consider contributing to the financing of General Hospital In his letter Mayor points out that 10 per cent of the total patient days at General Hospital and 1 per cent of the total pat lent days at St Joseph Hos are used by res dents He said the usage at the General is significant con that our servicing of Ihe General Hospital debt costs approximately per year Asks appointment Extensive usage by the residents of the Region and former County of has been a continuing pattern over the years Some years ago we made provision by a change In the special Act for the Hospital for the County of to bo represented on the Hospital Board However the County did not appoint a representative There Is still provision for such repre sentation to our Board Mayor wrote He asked that the region consider a contribution to the hospital debt charges and an appointment to the board When the matter came be fore Heltons administration committee It was filed with out any serious consideration or discussion But when the matter came before Council Wednesday Acton area representative Pat said the letter should be referred back to the Administration Committee with a staff report analysing the effect the decision would have on the 10 residents who use that hospital Lose privileges said it had been Intimated that Acton doctors could lose the privileges to admit patients and use facilities at the hospital Ho said that was one ares where tie wanted clarified Administration committee chairman David Coons and committee member Mac Anderson said the request be considered because the facility was not in the region They argued that consent to such a request would open the door for similar requests from Hamilton Toronto Mlsslssauga and all along Halton bor ders which would admit people Councillor McKenzie day arranged a meeting the town doctors Another meeting will be held soon All Acton doctors are on staff at both General and St Joseph Moore van Bent McWtll lam Pun Hutchison Wilson and Vukovlch left at the first of the year and is now In All regularly have their patients admitted there Not graphic Guelph General Hospital Administrator Mr r lie mere ise on me business assessment cover the of properties for off street hope a greater number merchants agree this mil then we will come back to the town ind ask for a mill rite increase of aboul three mills This would raise about 100 year and we intend louse to back up a loinlo property downtown for off street parking he ex pi lined Mr Nielsen said if i mijonty consensus of opinion can he reached with the downtown businessmen then will the to pass i allowing the special He predicted will receptive to ind thought be could have in inswir back to the town in a Mr Nielsen the il to the p irking problem is through the Chamber of Commerce but the told this newspaper the hospital could not reject admissions from patients on a geographic basis He said the hospital board does have the power to grant rights and privileges to doctors but he said they could not be with drawn on a geographic basis Councillor Jim Watson of Milton noted that most people north of and west of the Third in would use the facilities lation f funds and adminis tration of the off street parking will he in the funds of the Hills He the merchants support the idea of a two hour pirking limit in downtown Acton Mr Nielsen admitted this plan won t solve all the problems but off parking would make the situation more palatable He showed committee members aerial photos of downtown Acton indicating Ihe building which could be demolished for parking spaces ilong with yard behind building which Could be acquired for more parking Mr Nielsen mcr chants been trying for years to duplicate in the development of off street parking which took place in Georgetown but have failed people want hang onto their land He said he Continued on page 5 SIX FOOT one inch tall David Swetman stands beside a huge column of ice which until the recent mild spell stood between his store and the Bank of Montreal on Mill Street The ice formed from a constant trickle of water escaping from between the stores roof and a thick crust of ice