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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jur Jobs galore Hill Gray Furniture company consider move here In a joint statement from the Progressive Conservative head quarters in Georgetown Tuesday morning PC candidate George Gray and Halton Hills Mayor Tom Hill announced that purchase of the shut down paper mill is imminent by a firm which will manufacture paper products Mayor Hill said the two gentlemen negotiating for purchase of the mill from are recommending the purchase to a board of directors meeting in Vancouver today He said there are no concession from the town and the mill will use lots of water The mayor said he expected to hear later this week from a Mr Goulet when the industry would start working on converting the plant to their use It is another paper industry he said and when the present plant is expanded it will take up fiveeights of the property The mill would run around the clock seven days a week and expect to be a full capacity in five years with jobs involved Hill said the company is prepared to spend up to 35 million to get the mill in shape for their manufacturing process The four paper machines in the mill now will be expanded if the deal goes through Options on plant has been extended till the end of June PC candidate George Gray said he had been involved in the transaction despite what his opponents claimed and that had been a key factor in the negotiations Mr Gray took the opportunity of the joint release to also justify his forecast of jobs for Halton Hills and a nursing home adjacent to Georgetown Hospital for patients as well as expanding on his role in the now promised ad to schools which amount to Gray took credit for instigating moves to get money for the Milton school additions claiming the encumbent Julian Reed had been negligent in operating with the board of education However Mr Reed told this newspaper Tuesday after Mr Gray s an that he had made three attempts to help their cause beginning with a ratepayer s meeting in Burlington in February a subsequent offer to Trustee Bill and a third offer to the board At no time did the board see fit to come to me RURAL GARBAGE collector A discovered his load was on fire and dumped it out onto the road so his truck take fire too Firefighters doused the garbage blaze last Thursday Palmers HAM LADIES E 9th I YMCA LUNCHEON JUNE 11 30 a to 2 00 St vMrrfiSPf for aid Reed declared He said the Milton addition was a tribute to Gerry and the people who worked with it faking advantage of the pork barrel politics It is our money in the first place he said and Gray is trying to bribe us with it Gray outlined his meeting with Education Minister Wells noting there had been complaints from the two other candidates that they should be invited They were not although NDP hopeful Bill Johnson stayed outside while Liberal can Julian Reed waited for the others at a sail candidates meeting Gray said the 300 school addition would consist of 35 per cent labour and supply much needed jobs for the area Gray also produced a letter from Smith and Stone president Tom Creaghan confirming the PC candidate and Georgetown Chamber of Commerce president Gray had toured his plant in March of this year and he was shown an empty factory building on the premises consisting of square feet which the company was willing to lease or sell Six weeks ago Gray informed me he had a light steel manufacturing company interested in expanding business requiring about square feet George has continued negotiations since then Creaghan wrote This company is very interested in locating our building and is interested in purchasing it for long term operations They indicate they will employ approximately 50 people wrote Until the transaction is complete we have agreed not to release the name of the company involved To the best of my knowledge George Gray is the only local man aware of or who worked on these negotta Gray said the company concerned was American owned had a large federal order and the document from Creaghan was merely to show his job forecasts were not built on election promises He also said the Furniture Industries Credit to Gray Coo f in the ndustn Ipirkn in Paul Nielsen tl he r not tno for tl lit possible ndustms t Mills Mr is re dent of the of thi rogresint date ton Last Jnli n mi Kill Johnson ticizid Mr for nj on possible new mdustr in town Mr says Mr r his in just Ihs in negot for sued industry for his I ten involved in contacts Mr 1 points that if large industry THE ACTON FREE PRESS Author as Second Class Mail Req tales n the is will ill I there Mill be jobs ihere for of Toronto was interested in locating in Hills in either Georgetown or Acton He said the company has an order of l million for office equipment and expected to get more contracts the S They would employ 50 and up Gray said and the company head was a friend of his He said he had been in touch with Gino and Paul Nielsen of Acton who own the industrial park Another client was also talking with the manufacturer Gray also said another company which was interested in industrial property north of Milton had tuned its attention to Acton for plant location Hold on zoning in Milton hydro line troubles soured the plant officials on Milton because they hoped to get going soon It would mean 700 more jobs Both Hill and Gray emphasized they had to keep the names of the companies secret because so many municipalities were after industry Gray also paid tribute to his part in the negotiations for the proposed new nursing home which would release 17 per cent of active treatment beds in Georgetown hospital as well as providing more jobs for the town Gray emphasized he did not call the election and when his opponents called him to account he had evidence to back up his claims Mayor Hill asked if he was supporting Mr Gray in his effort to get elected since the press conference was in Tory headquarters replied he would do the same thing at Liberal headquarters after he was finished there Contacted after the conference encumbent Julian Reed said it was obvious Mr Gray was taking credit for everything from rainfall to the sunrise until election day In all fairness he thought the credit for the negotiation for the plant should go to Mayor Hill and his hard working committee He said Hill was aware of his cooperation in the ventures Reed said he thought the pork barrel politics proves the value of a member of the opposition in a hot riding Renovations underway it ilmns lo the inn Hit inUidis in LXtLnsion lo tin north which hold tit on Contacted by the Free Press A of furniture Industries Limited confirmed the com pany is considering a move to Acton His is a rapidly ex company which needs more space he said The announcement was made Tuesday by PC candid and Georgetown C of C president George Gray They have just received a million dollar order for from the federal govern ment and they arc also taking over another company at this time They have temporary arrangements In Toronto and have been searching widely for more space Just talking George Gray who is a friend brought the local sit uation to their attention Mr said As far as acquiring space here he says we arc still talking The company would start with about a or in this area and then expand as they extended Into the S markets Tin company facturcs office furniture pro ducts acoustic office dividers and a broad range of wood office furniture Mr Gray has been very helpful he said Steel work Is up this week for a new building in the in dustnal park which is for rent It contains square feet for industrial purposes It is not confirmed that this the site in question however Equipment is stolen A Mill St W man reported the theft of approximately worth of photographic equipment from his car to Regional Police The of the ear at the time of the theft unknown super RAID BUG KILLER HOUSE GARDEN Clairol HERBAL ESSENCE 1 SHAMPOO lifO MISSCLAIROUo SHAMPOO J J HAIR COLORING Clairol LOVING CARE1 Only Gray FINAL NET HAIR SPRAY 119 BAN BASIC OZ NONAEROSOL I AY lWU 2nd Annual Speyside SAT JUNE 11 GEORGETOWN FAIR GROUNDS PROGRAM COMMENCING am OFFICIAL OPENING pm sure to see HIGHLAND DANCING MASSED BAND PARADE PIPE BAND COMPETITION TUG OF WAR CABER TOSSING DRUMMING COMPETITION SHEEP DOG DEMONSTRATION ATHLETIC COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW HORSE TEAM SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUK MONEY REFUNDED