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Sabres Swords pay more for ice Acton Junior and Inter mediate hockey clubs will pay an hour practice time an hour regular and exhibition games and an hour in playoff games with no gate split if Halton Hills council accepts an ad ministration committee recommendation The same rates will apply to Junior and Intermediate Hockey Clubs in Georgetown if they use Georgetown Memorial Arena Different rales apply to Gordon Alcoll arena The Acton Sabres had asked for a gate split as per previous seasons per hour practice with one hour free practice time The recreation department recommended a five dollar higher fee per hour for exhibition and regular season games but after a motion by Councillor George Maltby it was cut to 30 Milt Ball president of the Sabres Junior B Hockey Club presented a brief to the com pointing out the differ in the arenas and suggesting it was unreason able to charge the same rates as Georgetown He said the difference in population and average attendance at games made the gate receipts differ widely He claimed the aver age attendance In George town is GOO and at Acton 150 Mr Ball said he had no idea how the new team in a new league would draw In the brief written by club secretary Bill Campbell he said the building holds less than half the number at At arena and pointed out they have lo have more out of town players in the new team so have to pay their travelling expenses Our team is a community operated team that will never make a profit but it cannot continue to operate at loss The volunteer workers and sponsors be expected lo make up losses stated the brief The club letter said they would appreciate an increase from to hour the rate paid by local adult groups In Acton and the McmorialArena but lo goto 40 an hour would mean an per cent hike The brief said in working out in Gueiph Memorial Gar dens they paid 50 per hour In conclusion the letter said the Intermediate Club the Swords was not self supporting last year and two members of the executive had lo cosign a bank loan to cover expenses Milt Ball asked why the sit had been left so late Now our hockey season has begun and we face this pro blem Recreation Director Glen Gray said he had been under the impression the rates charged at Gordon for Junior and Intermediate learns were to be the same at the other arenas but had now found that was not so What are we supposed to do We cannot draw a full house asked Mr Ball It s private enterprise how you sell the product is your business replied Mr Gray We have no product to offer answered Mr Ball That your problem retorted the recreation direc lor then suggested the J30S4O solution He pointed out the Acton clubs had anil cipated paying 28 an hour He said there should be 10 an hour difference between season games end playoffs Councillor Rlc Morrow said both Acton clubs paid last year Facility Super intendent Pat said there had been a split in gate receipts and an hour free practice time Fred Buchanan general manager of the Juniors and past president of the Inter mediate Swords asked if from 9 15 to 11 m was con sidered prime time He pointed out the town can only receive an hour from other groups at that time You are effectively Contlnued on Page three One Hundred and Second YearNo 13 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER Twenty Eight Pages Fifteen Cents Swedish firm buys Disston A proposal by Viska In corpora led of New Jersey whollyowned subsidiary of Incorporated also of New Jersey to acquire con of Disston Canada Ltd Acton and of Jean Paul Inc of SI Quebec has been approved the Cabinet following recommendations by the Foreign Investment Review Agency Both companies are controlled by Incorp orated of Pittsburg vama Incorporated of New Jersey is controlled by of Sweden one of the largest manufacturers of special steels and tools in Sweden Thcsale completed inreb- ruarv subject to the decision of the Review changes arc anticipated here lo Tom Shields The plant pro duces hand tools saws and industrial knives Jean I produces carbide tipped saw bands and saw blades and machine blades or the furniture industry MainMill projects join Hills wants Queen Park to do a little extra work next year when the intersection of Highway and 25 is reconstructed Monday Halton Hills works committee endorsed a request from engineer Robert Austin that the Ministry of Transportation come far enough south on Main Street North during its reconstruction of the intersection next year so it hooks up with reconstruction now underway on Mill Street If the province go along with this request there will be a stretch of about 1 feet Street North between the end of the Mill Street reconstruction which wont have been worked on Austin also said reconstruction of Maui Street South from Mill Street to the outer boundary to the town on Highway 25 is slated for 1978 SUE THOMSON hurls a blur during the high school Softball tournament opener against Milton yesterday Thomson who also pitches for Brook- viUeSelects pitched a three hitter in the championship game which AHS took from Milton Schools from Arthur and Oakville also competed See story on sports page Charg youth 16 Police chase end at Acton tracks US Bicentennial Gift for Library See Page 5 Saturday accident About in damages to two cars occurred during a collision on Saturday after noon when one of the vehicles was turning left into a drive way on Highway about a mile north of the Tenth Side- road junction according to the Milton OPP 1977 Ventura driven by ear old Margaret of Fergus attempted to turn left into a private driveway when the collision occurred bet ween her tar and a 1974 Vega driven Gloria Upton of Police report no one was injured in the A 16year old Scarborough youth has been charged with possession of stolen property and criminal negligence in the operation of a vehicle after a police chase which began in Kitchener ended in early this morning Wednesday According to Gueiph ano Provincial Police the youth failed to pay for gasoline in Kitchener The Waterloo Regional Police were colled who in turn noli the Kitchener OPP They radioed ahead and gave a description of the vehicle to the OPP At i a Constable Jim of the Gueiph detachment spotted the car on 401 east When the officer attempted lo pull the vehicle over the driver refused OP I were then notified also attempted to pull the car over The suspect car then left the at and headed north towards Constable radioed a ft low officer In the area who headed south on The suspect vehicle went through and upon reaching the railroad tracks in the north ind of town bottomed out The speed the car was going over the tracks a Gueiph of exclaimed was too much for the suspension of the car and the occupants were tossed around when it landed The passenger re minor injuries so the driver pulled over By I it was all over The driver faces possession of stolen property and criminal negligence in the operation of a vehicle from the OPP charges of theft for the gas from the Waterloo Regional Police and car theft from the Tor onto police IN HONOR OF PLAYING on Bramptons Provincial B baseball championship team last year Brenda Bigelow of Mill Street received a recognition award from the province The award signed by the premier was accompanied by a letter Miss Bigelow also received a City of Brampton Civic Award and a trophy Lions pool committee back in business Acton Fair winners is United Way the right way Officials of the United Wav were on the hot at a meeting in George- Driver killed Sunday crash Funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon for David who was killed in a ear colli sion Sunday at a He was years of age The accident happened on Highway two miles north of Ospringe The Overland vehicle was northbound when it went out of control and into the east ditch rolling over several times Total damage was estimated at by The passenger in the vehicle Cha rma i tie Over land also of Erin suffered minor injuries Itev A of at the services at the Shoemaker funeral home cemetery Pallbearers were friends Doug Amos Ross fuller Ken Ken Danny McDonald and David Overland was born June 1U5J He is survived by parents sabcll and Doug of sisters Connie Connor Grand Valley Overland Erin Dixie Acton brothers Neil Doyle and Michael Acton and a son Michael David Overland town last Wednesday Members of the audience were hostile about reports that the United Way was coming into Georgetown lo canvass industry through a payroll deduction plan Way represent ativcs were Terr Connor campaign chairman Larmcr Browne president and Chandler local chairman of the Way Vic Bristow of the Acton C I suggested once the United Way has its foot in the door in industry in Georgetown Acton would be next When we go to the door in our canvass we II also get I gave at the office He said people do not realize all the agencies do not benefit from the United Way The answer that is Yes admitted OConnor He said Georgetown is a pilot project and if there service in Acton that too has to be paid for He said he had already talked lo business In Acton unsuccessfully Continued on Page Two The door is been closed nudged outside nothing more to say ibout swimming pool Kay vclan vice pre sidenl of Lions Club told Hills lion committee Monday night Mr said Lions Club report from the Ward 1 and Recreation Committee telling the Acton ions Indoor Pool committee was going lo be disbinded He said the club a letter to the ion May say ing the committee should continue and maintain their rightful place as reprtsent on this committee The I ions vice president said i Mi 2G letter from the director said he could see no useful purpose for the committee and pointed out the I ions Club can confer with any member of the recrcition staff at in in meeting at i ton time Now we just want our position clarified so we know where we stand stated Mr He said the Lions Pool committee had worked with the town and the school board right from the start He said the Lions were part icularly interested in making sure the public had full use of the school and it was not re stricled to school students Councillor Duby said lions Club had done the right thing in coming to to straighten the matter up Morrow said he surprised hear the I ions Club had not made the decision themselves lo band the committee He said that s what he understood by the minutes Glen Gray said the Advisory Com had made the rtcom since no representative from the Lions Club had attended for some Morrow said he or the committee wanted all the support Ihcy could get and had no intention of discouraging the Hon of the club Mr claimed the Lions right of participation should not be revoked simply two meetings were missed Morrow suggested the executive of Acton Lions Club appoint three members lo the Lions Pool Committee along with Ward One administration committee member and a member from the recreation dep irtmenl staff He said the three Lions members should indicate what time and place they would like to meet That sounds fair to us commented Evelan after consultation with Lion President Don Murdy and Lions Gordon Mike Bob and who vere present Mr welcomed the solution and said it was perfectly satisfactory He said he care about the makeup of Ihe committee as long as lhe had repres Found not guilty in death of woman Silvio of Weston has been found not guilty of criminal negligence causing death in a supreme court in Milton following the Christmas eve threecar collision which took the life of a Windsor woman Elizabeth 38 was northbound on Highway last December 24 on her way to spend Christmas with relatives in Acton when the accident occurred Acton Volunteer firefighters were summoned to the scene to free her from the wreckage she was pronounced dead on arrival at Milton District Hospital Four witnesses testified before Mr Justice Patrick Galligan that the Zanchetla van heading south on on the road Just before the collision Norman Goring told the court the Zanchetta vehicle hit the left front fender of a northbound car His wife Margaret Gor then told the court the van bounced off the first car and hit the north bound vehicle Kenneth Duncan testified the van was in the northbound lane when the first of the two collisions occurred The car reported Peter Williams R Milton was hit headon by van Liquor In van Two ambulance drivers said they found Mr unconscious in the van and testified that there was alcohol on his breath Invesli officer Constable Robert said he found two sealed bottles of whiskey and one partially filled bottle when he searched the van On the second day of test Dr Oscar Karabanow a Toronto psychiatrist test fled Mr could have suffered a blackout before his van was in collisions The accused told the court his vision became foggy as he drove towards Milton He ex plained that the road seemed to get thinner and shorter and he was looking for a place to slop when the next thing he knew he was in the pita Dr Karabanow said the blackout could have been caused by extreme heat or fatigue Mr admitted having a bit of whiskey in Aclon several hours before the accident He also said he had had little sleep the night before and had very little eat that day Mr Justice Galligan upon handing down the non guilty verdict last Wednesday said he did not feel Zanchetta had demonstrated a wanton regard for the safety of others Paving stones will dress up Mill St Some of he interlocking paving stones that will be used on Acton have been to Henry Stachyra chairman of the committee planning hope fully for improvements for Ihe downtown area Georgetown produces stones have lately ichitved wide acceptance and are being used in variety of wiys They come in different sizes and shapes and the one planned for Acton is like an I beam The material is virtually indestructible It comes in several colors red charcoal and brown and natural Which color will be used here That not decided yet The stones are laid on a levelled bed and arc com into place will rmsonry in the joints In Oakville the stones art used for pathways in Calm lock Gardens In Toronto they cover the area in front of the Parliament Buildings and form walks at Ontario Place They are laid in the central courtyard al Square One and around the public library in Milton They also form walks and roads at the new Toronto HERES HOW they go Henry Stachyra shows so Aciomans are liable to now the new paving stones will look on Mill St already walked on the will be discussed at a meeting Tuesday In the library approved by council