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Show of hands approach for School Separate School Board officials can start talks with the Board of knowing the hove the backing of Roman Catholics to lease the Old Stone school house for classes starting a year from next September If negotiations between the two boards go as smoothly as they have so far Actons first Roman Cnlhohe public school mav open in 1977 with kindergarten lo grade six Cliff Byrnes school director of education told day muling in St Josephs Church basement II Stone School would be leased everything well Mr Byrnes said I doubt if there d be grade he siid Alter ihe first the next grade could be added then mother Mr Byrnes said dale ilks between scpariti Hid public been in Mr Byrnes said No commitments have been made by either side he ad ded The new school the name St Joseph is i will hive its principal anil st iff Ihe school would ire the ind some facilities of Robert I Mr Byrnes meelinL is called so tint the of could gauge support for i sepintc school in town Iunt six from Speyside and area iltinttcd the meeting Some said their children go lo schools it Millon and Hands brief show of hands by the gave board officials a re light to continue dis but with the aim of a school No one spoke against the idea Now that we had an indicition wed like you lo id word separate school board chairman Hart lev siid survey of and area irncd out in April of last that here are bmii school age children ivnlible for separate nil Mr Byrnes said I here wure also about 10 children pre school age in I lie community according to the survey The new high school on Churchill Road N and Ihe separate school may open at Ihe same lime The present high school will become a middle school which will ab sorb some of the public school grades The shift In student population will moke room for separate school Separate school officials toured Actons high school and public schools earlier this year I was quite impressed with the structure of Ihe Stone School house Mr Byrnes said The four class rooms and shop will undergo some renovation if the project goes forward he said Gym 1 can sec no problem time tabling into the gym Mr Byrnes said He said the board would buy shop and home economic lessons Mr Sherk said that home is a course which is not available in Georgetown Mr Byrnes said Ihe ate school board may use the Stone School for three or four years The separate school board chairman said thai if Ihe public board needed the return of the School the separate board would look for some advance notice lo give it time lo relocate the oper The board s previous meetings with local parents have discussed the construe of a new building for a separate school that is not possible under the present restraint conditions If i new school building program comes in we would want lo be part of il Mr Byrnes said The board is looking a site south of Highway on Churchill Road he said Provided Transportation for pupils living in the area would be provided lo the school Mr Byrnes said Public school supporters who may direct their tax dollars into the school system pay more than public Mr said tor Ihe past decade the taxes for ihe Iwo llallon school boards have been about equal he said A lady siid that it the last meeting Ihere hud been some opposition to Ihe idci of si irate school in Acton Mr Byrnes said that last Thurs day s meeting was called about supporting the idea People left Iheir addresses for officials Five parents said they be willing to form a committee lo keep com informed or further developments Hills has one repre sentative on the school board Mr Byrnes said Last Sepl ember there were 14 repre supported by people Milton also has one representative Priority in teacher hiring would be given lo Roman Catholics Mr Byrnes said He said however lhal Ihere Ins been a shortage of teachers and if one Is for i position the board would hire from the outside One Hundred and First Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 2 Twenty Six PagesFifteen Cents ACTON HIGH URBAN geography teacher Har old Mahatoo second from right checks over some of the traffic stats gathered by students during a three day survey of the downtown area Standing with their teacher are Rick Van Fleet Laurie Pierce Henry Kent Nielsen Brad Buchanan and David Thirtyone dents counted up parking spaces and pede strians The students were from Mr and Keith Black s classes The town was split in to 15 sections for the study Centre volunteers try at speysde t wo summer projects iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Mother dies mother from It It Be I wood north of Fergus was noon in a sine JCC dent on lllfhwa near victim was Millon sold Mrs Don Butcher was driving southbound when her 197 Honda nut of eon trot inlo a ditch and struck Iree The car was seriouslv damaged crew rushed the worn in to Milton District shortly after 12 accident hut a hospital spokesman said the woman was dead on The said Mrs Bulchir Is survived her and an II old child Count down Con chose l ike in sclline up a block pirenl progrim in town ilso to help school up summer jobs projects require volunteers to irled once r quire I Ins lade tin ide for the until the volunteers receive more form training which is slilul for Till ien volunteers meeting I isl in the on Mill It is felt that the block which offers protection to children is bee is one lady put il there ire so many working pirents Brian who chaired the meeting Block parents open their doors to children needing help during emergencies such as itlacks by vicious dogs sir infers illness or acci identify homes which subscribe lo the Canada forms caniL into the post office steadily the third lini yesterday the they were to be returned Postmaster Gord McKeown said kits were distributed to house holders in Acton Spring gardening but the crop was wrong i quarter pound of processed brought rouble to in in He is by ls charged with while p1intinc2 possession and also cult south 2 suit road ist of p0S 1 in charges were laid May well in injuin plants in there lie id plants in pots it his hi town ind is in posse Thi some day another man was charged aflcr small of marijuana w is found in his vehicle No storm sewers for Cameron St Town plans to install storm sewers curbs and gutters on Cameron Street have gone down the drain and re gion is going to proceed with paving of the street The town had planned to In stall storm sewers to solve the drainage problems on Cameron Street but that idea has at least temporarily been scrapped has informed the town they won I allow any more storm sewer water to be dumped in lake with out Iheir permission since the tannery owns the lake Before going into a behind closed doom session to deal with Ihe problem Hills works committee revealed Monday the lown will proceed lo seek permission from but docsn I hold out much hope for having its request granled There may be another tion to Ihe problem It was suggested at he meeting A lot of the water which Is flood basements on Cameron Street comes down from Mill Mr eel so if Cameron is faced with a tilt on it the might Instead flow down Mill Street program because owners hang a special sign in a door or street level window Places such as George town London Hamilton and recently Toronto have Ihe program Mr said Parents who join the pro gram undertake to phone police if a child is molested or the parents if it is a case of injury Block parents do not give food render first aid or pro vide toilet facilities to If a fight is taking pluee the police should be phoned The only thing thai is a bother that I heard is people forgetting to remove the sign when re not to be bothered Mr said of is arranging with City Police for an officer to show a film on block parents In town High school students searching for summer em ploymcnl this summer will be able to check job listings on a bulletin board in front of the building If a job descrip tion takes eye they can enquire about details inside Job lime and wages from the person offering The Centre role is thai of jobmatcher It helps lo put job seekers In contact with prospective employers We should make It clear thai the service is just ban ding out names Judy Centre said Mr Skerrelt whoisanAHS guidance teacher said tell he students about the idea Another idea which Mr will put to several students Is I hat of making money from collecting material From there on in up lo the kids r in could be increased more than double to a program lo correct deficiencies in the system and curry on proper preventive me according to Regional reasurer Don Farmer Our public works people realize has serious deficiencies and thai a preventulivc maintenance operation is needed a hit and miss approach be told the Region s administration committee Mr Farmer is forecasting a deficit in for Acton He explained thai water rates in had not adjusted since and while are close to the rales paid in Burlington they are far below those paid in Major works Mr said major works on the Acton system had been deferred indefinitely because of lh inability lo piy under ihe rale structure He told the committee the rates had not been adjusted since the region took over because major inalysis of watt r rales in region is underway Hale increases were pul off until report is tabled liter this month Members of the committee were sceptical of the report and suggested the report before them and the one lo come were designed help sell equalized assessment Councillor irl said equalized assessment would mean Oak ville and Burlington would hove pay or JO per cent of whal had neglected Jim suggested rates in should be increased offset the cost of the work that has to be done He wondered why the He id bee stable since 1DW if work had be done Harry Kill ill the study Cooper resigns Recreation for Wards and is leivmg Hilton Mills to work for the of s effective Mr came to Hills in I97 from I and Department Hi will become program supervisor for the justify assessment He questioned ihe need for lhal much work to be done When the region lakes over costs spiral and spiral Acton face this if we gone regional an attitude that prevails up here full steam ahead at any cost Would do work Do they actually need if The desire of engineers Is often greater than the need of area residents he said He said the region wis ihe water system as a lo sell regional govern menl He said the region seems lobe siymg you can if ford to bring up to date so we bail out I The discussion wis triggered when the treasurer i ibled i copy of the works budget for 1SW6 The w Her works system is generally considered self liquidating and for thai reason it is not considered ilong with the other budgets lfiis yeir the region is budgeting for a revenue of and an expenditure of 159 A surplus of SI is being corned inlo the year and projected sur plus of is shown for the end of the year for the entire region With the exception of all are is will have a surplus SHOWING OFF her stylish blue and white socks is AHS student Judy Krul She was one of several models during a fashion display that featured Dominion Simplicity Patterns last Friday About girls took in the hourlong show in the gym More pictures on Youth Page Middle school due in Sept The concept of a middle school for will be the sub ject of a discussion at a public meeting being held Monday June7al7 at the high school When the new high school is built and occupied in Sep tember the old high school will house grade seven and eight students from both Ihe Robert Little and M Bennett schools The public schools will then only contain the grades from kindergarten to six Taking part in the program will be Ward trustee Tom Craig Ihe executive assistant to director of the Board of Educohon and Dean Fink high school pnnci pal The principal some parents and students will be here from Centennial Middle school Georgetown They will chat with parents during a time set aside for informal dis- Decoration program Sun Power off 40 minutes Iowi r is for mm toe iled in front of the ree in sever are is of town I ress office in is the of All of the iktrf in sub sdtion sion Main St from number one according to in the south o he tomniissmnelnirmun bonis in the north parts of Hill subdivision and several other were number one is without power he annual Decoration Day service will lake place this ifternoon followed a parade through town at m Acton Citizens Hand will lead marching from Fellow St to cemetery where the interdenominational service will beheld Clergymen participitmg willbelheltev A I Ml Ken Ihe Rev James Me hidden and Charles The Legion Choral will lead the singing Legion members ind hose from participating groups Will geraniums on Ihe graves of former members iflerward Usualh families and friends have visited the before the service planting Bowers and placing wreaths and bouquets How ever this can also be done after the service The band plays while the graves are decorated after the short pro gram There is plenty of room for parking at the which is reached off Many people bring their lawn chairs although some chairs provided droves at Fairview St Jo seph and Ihe Pi oncer cemetery will have geraniums planted for Sun day Agree money to stay here The tale of the land on Mill known as Park went step further on day night at the radon meeting of Hills council The ward and recreation advisory was approved in principle by both recrea Hon director Glen Gray and the members of the iltee They recommend in the the land on Mill Street Last in ihe former Town of Acton known as is sold for Ihe development of houses rather than used for park land the monies received for the sale of said property be allocated for the development of pork ind recreation facilities in Word only A petition had been received from nearby res i dents isking Ihol Ihe vacant properly remain as passive park Garbage pickup is twice a week TAMMY DUNN was one of people who purchased licenses Satur day afternoon The special hours were arranged by volunteers Cons Tom Roduck and Pop Main Tammy attends Robert Little and is 11 Garbage will be picked up wlce a week during the sum months beginning this week by the Hills works department This will be in effect until October the same as lost summer a spokesman for the department said Refuse normally picked up on Mondays will be taken on Monday and Thursday For Tuesday pick up summer collection will be Tuesday and Friday The Free Press and the works department have re ceived numerous culls re garding the garbage day dotes The Hills ad verllscment In last s Free Press gave the wrong day resulting In wet scatter ed garbage being left out all night in some parts of town