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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday February 23 1977 Jr Farmer bowlers cop game medals Halton Junior Farmers Mens bowling team won the winter games championship at Niagara Falls over the weekend but the ladies squad was nipped out of contention In the final game Halton mens three game total pintail for the day was more than higher than the runners up Each member of the mens team received a bronze colored medal to mark their accomplishment Larry Workman of Horn by tallied the high single for the day of 315 and a high triple of The con tingent Garnet and Don Hamilton had high games of 228 and res pectively Acton s George Henderson bowled a 2SS Wally Ella of was the teams spare member Halton ladies came second to Oxford County losing by a mere puis High single and triple came from a Perth county girl ladies three game total pinfall was a 112 The ladies team was madi up of Hornby Elaine Work man and s Donni Hamilton Mary MacDonald plus Judy and Nancy Towns end Debenture for new high school The by law to authorize the issue of a debenture in the amount of to finance the construction of the new Acton High School was passed without comment Thursday by the Board of Education The debenture bears interest at the rate of per cent per annum The new high school off Churchill is now under construction and will be ready for occupancy next Sep tember The old high school will then become the town first middle school Hydro considers abolishing rentals Hintons plan for gifted confuses Acton Hydro Commission may be getting out of the water healer rental business At their monthly meeting held last Thursday the commissioners discussed the present system of renting the heaters out to customers at a nominal fee Chairman Wilf McEachem pointed out the costs are a year with free servicing He explained that one service call more than the yearly rental fee and they are not making any money on it Superintendent Doug Mason said that people come home do their washing and have a shower and wonder why they run out of hot water Mr Mason explained that they think their heaters ore defective when actually they have just used the water up faster than it can heal itself It was Commissioner Duby who suggested no rent the tanks anymore The idea met favorable response from the other men in ihe group Vicechairman Bob pointed out a lot of commissions are getting out of the rental business They will sell them but no rent he said Secretary treasurer rey informed the group Ontario Hydro had getting of tin also Mr recommended the commission make in in other municipal lies before deciding anything definite THE MENS JUNIOR FARMER Champion Winter Games bowlers stand with a trio of ladies who were runners up during the annual games at Niagara Falls on the weekend In the front row at the left Mary Mac Donald stands beside Larry and Elaine Workman and Donna Hamilton In the back row stands Ella left with Garnet MacDonald and Don Hamilton Missing from the mens team was George Henderson and from the ladies squad Judy and Nancy Townsend Authority appoints working committees in Peel members elected chairmen and vice chairmen to working com miltccs Gail was acclaimed vice chairperson of parks board aboard she worked on two with Tom Hill First woman sits on council There will be no election in Halton Hills in March Manlyn Serjeanlson is the new councillor for Ward Four Georgetown She won the spot by acclamation when Harry Levy withdrew from the race citing business reasons prevented him from mounting a campaign The vacancy was caused by the election of Morrow as region chairman and the subsequent appointment of Mike Armstrong to fill that vacancy She is the first woman to sit on Halton Hills council There have been two women on Acton council Esther Taylor and Doris Fryer There have been three on Georgetown council Anne Currie Donna and Joan Smith No women sat on council The unexpected turn of events has saved the tax payer approximate in pay for returning officers poll clerks It milenge and other election staff Approximately si his been spent The tot cost for election wis mated S3 a part time nurse at Peel Memorial Hospital came third voles behind Peter Morris in Ihe Decern election for Ward Four in her first bid for political of fice She is a fitness enthusiast and runs four miles a daj plays tennis and is a member of the Gordon Atcolt Tennis Club learn New of the Credit Conservation Author is of Acton Hilton Hills Councillor who replaces Ernie Sykes of Georgetown Also representing Hills are Mayor Tom Hill and Ontario Government ap pointee Gail of Acton At the recent inaugural meeting of the Authority held Town hosts Rec Hills will host the it should conn out of the Association of recreation allocation West Central Ontario at a Councillor Pat curling at contended Ihe recreation Curling Club April 13 department should be Director Glen responsible for outside com asked Admin coming in to town Committee to al locitcS80as of cost Tht committee approved the imount but debuted from which budget would recreation direclor suggested revenue but the tre isurer pointed out there isnosuch allocation He said it could bt covered under community grants while Marks there should be public Finally the committee de cern YOURSELF GARAGES It HOMES Charged A year old Acton resident wis arrested and with a violation of the Liquor License Act GUELPH S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Multi Bright Ideas for alt your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTON OF HOUSE FIXTURES Door Chime Swag Lampi Vanity Cab Electric Heal Portable Central Vacuum Wiring Dev Future etc Ventilation Hoods Fans FREE PARKING Oicn D 30 T II 1 BIRGE WALLCOVERINGS Gnat Backgrounds SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUK MONEY CHEERFULLY A motion put forth by Trustee Bert to end special treatment for gifted students in Halton received little support at Board of Education since most trustees understand the purpose behind it Thursday Hinton called for the board to withdraw all previous motions dealing with gifted children and urged board emphasis be placed on ensuring these students receive instruction and motivation from their classroom teachers was questioned by several trustees as to exactly what motions he wanted to see withdrawn All that deal with gifted children Teachers have always had the ability to deal with gifted pupils End this segregation and put them all in integrated classes with regular students urged He said he hoped all the veteran trustees would know what motions they had passed in previous years A Wintario draw could be held In Hills Mayor Tom said a group or people are trying to have the event staged here He said he will meet with Wintario representatives to see if the town can accommo date the staging of the draw said he didnt like to see the board experimenting stating We are fooling around with these childrens lives We are making guinea pigs out of our gifted child ren Trustee Len Crosier said motion was con fusing and should be more specific I understand gifted child ren are being taken care of properly and Im completely at a loss as to what he is get ting at Crosier declared Director of Education Em Lavender said In the last three years the board has passed only two motions deal with gifted children and noted the gist of both was In support of Hinton Ideas He said one motion called for Ihe phasing out of segre gated classes for gifted child ren throughout Halton and the other called for gifted children to be identified by no later than grade four and Instructed regular classroom teachers to provide challenges and assistance for gifted children in their classes Hinton charged the board is involved in innovation which represents the highest kind of incompetence and noted the board is monkeying around with gifted children Several trustees noted there was no point to motion since what he wanted to see done is already being done Over the past few years classes for gifted children have been disap pearing and the children placed in regular classes motion was defeated although Trustees Ivan Armstrong Don Long and John Bradley support him J Kohari DT J Novak Georgetown 106Guelph Street on Post Office Denture therapy Clinic Wildlife board while ihi Tom Hill was on information and Board tnn members Henry Wheeler Evelyn OSulli van will as chairman and vict chairman of Historical advisory hoard FOR THE COMPLETE LINE Nutone Products Smoke GW McEachem 8533230 BingO AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTBE AIRPORT AND RD MONDAY FEB PM SHARP FR ADMISSION iiwiwiMiuwji BUS SERVICE FOR ACTON AND MILTON Sponsored by Circle Lodge BRIth Proceeds go towards educational religious cultural and other purposes Main St z X All Winter Boots MENS WOMENS CHILDRENS PLUS SELECTED LINES OF NATURALIZERS DACKS 0OMPHIES HUSHPUPPIES COUGAR ETC Due to our practice of taking time to fit children properly our SHOES will not be on sale until March 8 19 MILL ST E SHOES