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Mayor pleased Hundred and First Year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH Over 400 protest riding changes Twenty Eight Cents Three candidates spent 41155 on 75 election Hills Mayor Tom Hill is pleased with the re sponse of residents who ha- pari of riding Besides Ihe WI1 Besides llu petitions many sent in forms and I petitions residents havefcn returning protesting the Electoral rn It cost three Bur lington candidates a total of 155 to wage the local campaign last fall cording documents filed last week with the new com mission on election expenses and contributions Winner of the Oct vote Liberal Julian Reed of spent 1H on his cam Conservative candidate Gary of Acton re ported expenses of white the third man in he race NDP candidate Wil ham Johnson of spent 372 Details of expenses re ceipts and a list of donors of or more were filed with the Commission before the Thursday deadline Each re ceived a subsidy of 74 toward Ins campaign Had left Reed who is currently serving as the first MPP in the newly created ridinc col more than he spent The and the subsidy were returned to the riding executive Party funds accounted for of his campaign bud get gifts of or more Main donors were Fred A of Georgetown Alan Hormer of Kilbride Construction and of Acton each of whom gave Don of 200 were Vanan As of Georgetown Art Scott of Georgetown and Hugh of Matches deficit PC candidate liad rcceipis of and ex so his sub sidy mitehed the deficit Con included 1000 three individuals in Last fall s election Den Developments which all donations of Other donations included 200 from Donald of from J Acton 250 from J How Toronto 200 from Hyde Georgetown 250 from King Paving and Materials from J ken Acton each from Flora and William Georgetown from Noble Milton and 200 each from David Norton of Burlington and Pierce Claude Warren and F Thompson Milton Burlington PCs re ported receipts of from party sources Some left The standard bearer Johnson had exactly 1 32 left over when the election dust settled His entire sub sidy plus the SI mil be turned over to the riding executive His contributions included 2 from party funds and from three trade unions in Mil ton and Georgetown Other donations came from Muriel Johnson SHE David and Alex Pet 175 Reed received votes Dawkins 10 and Johnson In he new riding Conservative Jim Snow spent 38 while Liberal Mac Lean Anderson campaign cost and the can Douglas Black waged a 5 campaign toil to Kerr Burlington s George Kerr won his seal there after lSOcampaign Opponent Bill Brown of the Boundary Commission to lump Georgetown and north cast with Brampton in a new Federal riding A number of lengthy petitions have been sent to the mayor and MP Prank protesting the riding change which will leave part of Hills in the riding and part in the new of Brampton The mayor and Phil brook don t want to see Hills split with and most of in one riding and Georgetown and protest forms which appear in last week Independent and tree Press Mayor Hill s secretary Cathy reported over people have sent in pro tests against the riding boundary changes and noted forms and will con tinuc to be accepted until the end of his week The protests have been coming from Georgetown residents and some residents have also formally protested the splitting of Hills at the level Citizen of Year named in fall The Citizen of the Year recognidon night will be held in the fill this year rather than he usual time in spring The matter has been decided by the executive of the Chamber of Commerce well is the problem of obtaining the hall ihe live considered the fact that no Chamber of Commerce week has been designated this year so the time of annua event doesn mailer THE SPECIAL WEAPONS UNIT of Halton Regional Police was ordered to North Halton last week in a mock exercise to rescue a Georgetown bank manager being held hostage in an abandoned silo While the main police force walked down Main St South towards the confrontation two other groups of four heavily armed unit members were sneaking around back through snowcovered fields and woods From left are Constable Howard Bentley Constable Colin Vrooman Ser John Watson of Milton Precinct who is carrying a shot gun that shoots tear gas cannisters Sergeant Walter Henson and Constable E Burtch was was sporting a white toque They all wore bullet proof vests See Page Summer job prospect looks bleak There will probably be in the next few months in Tols ffieer in office feel tint the economy and there is summer than in winter I think the students might The problem is that little tougher time this lack marketable skills in job vicinties to Hemic Hills will continue to come back h a higher employment rate i than las Mr experience last Ihe student Man power centre in Brampton suit out i representative two days i week to Georgetown to in regis Urine for jobs and to solicit i for them It is hoped that this practice will be continued this Minnow ir office I the recorded mplmid total On the mil Hit- hind who ire out I- f work do register with but look for jobs in hi imn 1 Si itislics picture of sir nit picture of Mr Tolson Ltd Georgetown 500 each oyer 100 has to be listed by from Inverfeigh Construction candidates Also for the of Milton Phillips Planning campaign and Engineering Ltd of Bur donations from firms in lington and Colossus Deve individuals were tax deduct lopment Corp Ltd George- lol innovation was town and from Grant J the public subsidy based on Norton of Burlington number of eligible voters Banners will cross streets i V it or Banners will be flying in Acton following Hills works committees approval Monday for two groups to put banners across streets A banner will go up likely between the Acton building Nielsens Cloth next month proclaiming April as inter month ilso won approval for two banners to be erected at cither end of the business district on Mill Street Duck followup after spring release After the ducks have been removed from the poultry barn belonging to the Acton Agricultural Society fall fair town officials will examine the damage caused by the birds and decide what has to be fixed Engineer Robert Austin informed Hills works committee Monday that he and Councillor Joe Hurst have examined image caused by the ducks which are being stored in the barn for the winter and agreed the town will take of the problems and pay the repair costs North Hilton resi dents who ire ivtngt open minded have been chosen is jurors for the coroners inquist into the March l Acton which opens one week from today Million Crown Attorn Jim sud lues diy jurors were selected from a list of persons on jury roll who live north of Highway prepared by the office of Hilton Robert M Mit The list of jurors w is large because jurors ilso had to he selected for other inquests which ire up sheriff said I The five persons selected from the list of were chosen following personal interviews by Milton Constable John Hicks one of the gating officers ictint in the tip icit of the coroner s eon stable The three ly long inquest to be held in the Government f Ontario court house on Sleeks Ave in Milton is to be by Ross Bennett deputy chief coroner is open to the public and modi starts March The inquest is to investigate mcts surround the M irch two colli smn south if in which seven persons died ad on collision Provincial have said a stolen car being pursued in Attnn ion a I Police cruiser veered into northbound lane of taming six occupants All both cars died Tht five person jury is lo prep ire report at he end of the inquest listing its mcndations to prevent simi H ilton rtsi who sits on a jury re s 10 day plus i i tents per mile to Sheriff persons Tint jury roll is in effect from Oct 1 to Oct when i roll of new per sons is to prepared Tht Sheriff office obtains names addresses mil of potential jurors fill from the Assessment Division of the Ministry of Revenue in Ntwmarktt jury Slit riff notiti to answered litn sent out to tbout 1600 and the report Hilton residents and this is to sent o Chief or I were selected for oner of Ontario possible jury duty based pari Crown Attorney Treleaven the said jurors would not sequestered in a hotel be But wlnl if one of tht five sessions during persons selected from the three diy inqutst as often live jury roll for the Atlon In Sheriff might excuse tint person r if tht v is in said in ex of si would f inner sttkmt to hi excused bet his irn hid down during h irtst time tin illness is he said doctor would lint to attest to jurors ill lit in before he might And jurors who ire exempted for such isons he explained ire nut on roll listing following war Who is to lit jur in ibh mv thine s mil up to in or murder Town readies for mosquito battle Councillor Morrow continued his battle against encephalitistarrying mosquitoes at Hills administration committee Monday He asked that an amount of be set aside for spraying and costs in the event of a need He pointed out the Ministry of Health will subsidize the costs per cent ing the town share at He told the committee he had attended a department head meeting at the region where a representative of the Ministry of Health said they would support the program Morrow explained only licenced sprayers could handle the job and a special crash course would be set up for them He emphasized the clerk administrator must have the authority to spend money lo send people lo the course and to at least reserve or order the chemicals for spraying Councillor George Maltby asked if this would only be for public Morrow said under the Health Act the town has the right lo go on private property to spray the larvae I hope we won have to use any the money he commented claimed a number of people have swampy land inaccessible for hand spraying t Morrow said the Ministry of Health seemed Id not be able to to think the spraying would have to be done by hand He said there are no pat answers to this problem since last year was the first year en cephalitis was introduced to Ontario by mos quitoes The committee recommended be set aside for the and mosquito program rob blind persons trials during ving Jurors can talk He said however that the jurors are forbidden under the Criminal Code to discuss after the inquest what was said is the jury met in private lo prepare its report The crown attorney said no such law exists in the United States which is why the jurors in the Putty Hearst ease in San have been discussing their dthbcritions in public and with the media Jurors Sheriff s nil lint first of ill jurors must hi Out in residents in J ye Sonic lhty irt lutomiilu ill ineligible if iu strti on jur during prtctd three yt irs or if tin Police pursuits No comment Commission Police Commis refused Thursday to ISC GEORGE GRAY of Georgetown right won the vative nomination for Halton Burlington in Milton last Wednesday With him are defeated candidate George Kee left and his wife Bev More on Page The Off Ice of the Chief Cor oner of Ontario Tuesday hat the names and dresses of the five jurors selected to hear the coroner s inquest into the Acton car crash not be made public Milton OPP Constable John Hicks who Is acting as the coroner constable said the Identity of the jurors would only be revealed when the In quest begins next Wednesday March 31 at m harassment He said the coroner s office men and two women might have been subject to haras feared the live jurors tnree this week because of on March 31 the emotional nature of the accident in which seven young persons died March Constable flicks said he chose the five jurors after personal interviews with be tween and potential Jur make comment about the tragic death of seven young people near earlier this month in a head on col following a police pur Chief Ken Police Commission Chairman Judge William Wnrrtndtr and Hills Mayor Tom all agreed the commission t discuss subject since an is coming up commission chairman noted a police pursuit last week in Hamilton could also be the subject of an inquest ore The five jurors live in Hal He noted Solicitor General John MacBeth has said the decision to engage In a pur suit should be loft up to the ton Region north of Highway Judgment of the police officer THAT WINNING LOOK Robert Little Vikings Murray McNabb Todd Mclntvre and charge back to teammates after they scored against Z Bennett in the North Halton public school champion ship Thursday The Vikings won the title after defeating both Z Ben and Milton s Fairview