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A great Christmas trick by old St Nick The Acton Free Press Wed Dec 291976 PHIL of L and L FordMercury was an early morning visitor at the Peter Saxon home Churchill S Christmas morning as he anri Santa alias Claude Page delivered to the lady of the house Ceha Saxon her present from her husband a 1976 Pinto Wagon The family could not get over the way the two men gave up their Christmas morning to make Celias one she will never forget Expolicemen want back pay Police and nine former officers v ill have to wait for arbitrator decision to see if employees who leave before new ton are settled get a piece of raises Police Commission chairman Glenn lold Ihe commission the force solicitor says Ihe courts won hear i ease dating back 1975 in which an officer who left during the first quarter of the year is fighting fur part of the retro raise policemen received thai siid the solicitor is suggesting the commission continue to hold back on making any decision on lar requests from officers who left the force during until the arbitrator decision Is handed down He noted the has been holding back on making a for officers who left this year pending the court decision which won i materialize now Pour eonstables who left the force in 197S and another lour who quit in 1976 before the contracts were sctHed are asking for back pay resulting from the raises for the time they were still with the police In addition a sergeant who left the force is also fighting for retroactive back pay A number of the officers have joined together in hiring a lawyer Chief Ken Skerrell said the amount of money involved may not be thai greal but there is a principle involved here He noted all of the former officers involved in his problem had stayed only for a few months in both 1970 Accident victim Roger was killed in a car accident in on Dee Funeral service was in on Dec with interment in cemetery Roger lived in Acton with his parents until they moved to He attended the Robert Little school while he lived here He is survived by his par V Mr and Mrs Richard Ivany of Guelph sisters lene and Laura both at home grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter of Windsor Newfoundland and Mrs Ann Peterson of Acton He also leaves uncles aunts and cousins in Acton Mail missing Mail stopped moving at post office Friday afternoon ind starts again this morning Wednesday Naturally news for the Free Press which arrives by mail is missing from the paper today is a result Post office staff were off Saturday Sunday Monday and Tuesday although there was one pick up street mail boxes during that time Trucks were not delivering The missing news will appear in next week Free Press Movable concert given by band Again the members of Acton Citizens Band piled Into a bus to circle the town playing Christmas carols They made stops in all the subdivisions al the senior citizens apartments and nursing home at the town hall on Bower Ave and in Glcnlea plaza About 40 players were bundled up for the night movable concert Only the flute and clarinet players wear Christmas trees will be taken with garbage gloves and they had to keep jumping back into the bus to gel their frozen fingers moving again After Ihe musical meandering which lasted from is till about m the band went back to the music centre for hot chocolate and doughnuts SANTA MADE A rare daytime appearance Christmas morning at the Saxon home on Churchill Road S Claude Page did the honors of driving up the driveway in a Pmto Wagon from and Ford a gift to mother Ceha from husband Peter Phil Cloke from and spent part of his Christmas morning getting the car out of the garage bays and helping Santa deliver it Celia was very surprised at the gift but especially ap preciated the two men disturbing their morning to make hers such an exciting one Georgetown resident one of new officers In prepantion for the Regional Police take over of coverage of weya next April the police are hiring five new officers in eluding one Georgetown resi Chief Ken lold Police Commission Thursday that the five new officers will join the force at the start of 1977 and the i officers arc needed since the is going to stop policing at the end of Mirth Rodney Beaumont Prime Charles Drive Georgetown isont of the five lilt year old grade 11 Ins been working for the Tire Cor position as i shipper vtr October of 1974 Iwo of ihe other new of fleers and ttillnm ire both from million Steven md Burlington art the other tun new police being hired Pernor Amis ill experience wilh the Hilton police hiving sirvtd is Al the meeting the Commission authorized the hning it the start of next ear of three new cadets the only one from being Burlington Kevin Harnett and Brian Smith Hamilton are the other hired Hills Mayor Tom Hill ohserved there wercn new recruits joining the force who ire from North but was assured every Jrl is being made get re from throughout Police not- pleased with 50 typing job Police Commission was far from impressed with the typing of the 1976 contract with policemen The management consult firm of Curric Coopers and sent the com mission a bill for for work they did for the force in connection with the settle menl of this year police con tract Included in the bill was a typing job for which the commission isn eager to pay It was noted it the lairs day meeting of the copy of the collective agreement was filled with so errors that police secretarial staff had to re type it the suggestion of Hills Mayor Tom Hill the Montreal based firm which works on industrial relations will get 258 20 and the police will hold back payment for the for the sub par ping job Petes Barber Shop Mill St Acton 3510 WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF NEW YEARS Greeting Cards Table Cloths Table Napkins Candles Floral Decorations Place Mats Favours Party Noise Makers HINTONS NOTICE The Inaugural Meeting of The Halton Board of Education will be held on Thursday January 6 at 7 30 tn the Board Room of the Administration Building 2050 Line Burlington Ontario Mrs J Alexander E S Lavender Director 5500 BingO AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AIRPORT RD AND DERRY MALTON MONDAY JAN 3rd PM SHARP FREE ADMISSION FREE FOUR CARD TO PLAY REGULAR GAMES AND FREE THREE CARD TO PLAY FIRST EARLY BIRD FOR BUS SERVICE INFORMATION CALL FOR ACTON OR MILTON Sponsored by Circle Lodge BNal Proceeds go towards educational religious cultural and other charitable purposes Perry Rd Discarded Christmas trees can be put out with regular garbage according to Hills works superintendent Frank More tic It Is not known at this time Mr if there will be specific day set aside just for tree pickup but if there Is it will probably be the first Wednesday in Jan uary Garbage normally picked up Monday December 27 picked up day Regular Tuesday up will take place today Wednesday Refuse norm ally picked up January Monday will be collected the next day and the normal January pickup will be Wednesday January Theft Furniture a radio and bed ding were stolen when a farmhouse at It 1 Acton was broken into on Dec 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