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The Acton Free Press Wednesday JunoS ScottPaper takeover only study the much touted Scott Paper I td supposed to be taking over the empty plant is at the feasibil study stage said Vice President and General Manager Eastern luring Mr in a telephone interview from Montreal Monday morning He said Georgetown is only one of several locations being studied is statement said It has come to our attention that reports in the press and in certain circles state that we will expand the Eastern Manufacturing facilities in the Domtar plant George town We have no definite plans for major expansion at this time nor have we considered any form at phase out in any of our existing facilities As part of an on going program Scott Paper Ltd has examined several locations for expansion in various areas in Canada including our existing facilities in Quebec and Georgetown Continuing Mr Goulet Regarding George town specifically the vices of a consulting Grays version have been retained to carry out a feast bllity study In order to determine whether or not this site fits into the future plans of the company This report has not been completed to date and when It Is received It will have to be evaluated along with similar studies on other locations He emphasized the com had no intention of moving out of Crabtree Quebec or any other facility He pointed out the Crabtree plant had been in operation years and was an uptodate efficient operation Asked If the premature re lease of the possibility of the takeover of Domtar plant had hurt the town chances Mr Goulet would not comment but merely said the company would continue the feasibility study as they would have done whether or not there was an election campaign He said they would continue to meet with Georgetown authorities Mr was reludtant to talk job numbers since he Insisted the company is not at point of decision He did say the numbers mentioned a start of ISO and an ultimate of might have come from the fact that was how the Crab tree operation was described during meetings The Crab tree operation took years to attain the job figure Mr Goulet said the study should not be prejudged since If the feasibility study is positive there would be an engineering study The whole issue revolves around the Information in the teas study then the decision on further study will be made We re paper makers not poll ticlans he concluded Councillor Pete who sat in at the meetings with Paper Ltd and Domtar representatives along with Mayor Tom Hill and planner Mario Venditli said Mr Goulet statements are the facts as he under stands them He said he agreed completely with what role was to attend the meetings at the request of Mayor Tom Hill He said his first concern is for the people already here in town felt dealing with new Industry should take pre over dealing with developers of residential pro perties 90 bike licences sold by volunteers donated by Mike Kinal of Acton Home Hardware and Kim won a shirt and from John Conlgllo of HALTON REGIONAL Police Constable Bob Ustrzycki checks the serial licence on Greg Whites bicycle Saturday afternoon Brother Jeff centre supervises the The constable donated his time free of charge so youngsters would have a chance to get their licences Ninety bicycle licences were sold Saturday by volunteers at the police station This was the second year for the special day for bike owners to renew or purchase a licence Police Constable Tom set up the office in the police station last year after realizing youngsters were in school during bus iness hours of the town muni offices where the lie were normally pur chased Selling the licences on Saturday gave no one an excuse for not having done the job Constables and Bob donated their time to sell the licences Con arrived at one p to work the afternoon on a volunteer basis and then started his shift at six clock His day was finally over at a when the shift was over Pop Main was on hand to assist in the selling Clarke looked after the bookkeeping Priics donated by local merchants were much appre ciated by Con Connie Youman won a tent THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized ai Second Clan Mail Postal Reg Number0516 Mayor Hill claims confidence breached Paper Co toned down statement I m very disappointed with a reporter of a dally newspaper who sal in on a news conference Tuesday morning and was given some information about plant and then used It when he knew it was confidential said Mayor Tom Hill when asked to comment on the plant supposed take Blood donors Don t forget the blood donor clinic today Wednesday at the high school Evening hours are from to p over by Seotl Paper Ltd The mayor said the release of the may have spoiled the chance of a new industry in town He said the company did not want their name men until negotiations v ere absolutely finished At a news conference Tuts day May Mayor Tom Hill at the P headquarters of George Gray said two gentlemen were negotiating and would make a rccom mendition to a Vancouver board of directors of a paper industry At that lime he said the plant would lake lots of water and would cover five eighths of the properly NOTICE Residents of the EDEN HOUSE Nursing Home wish to express their gratitude to the volunteers groups and organizations who havemade our nursing home More Than A Place To Live PONY PONY PONY CANADA S SHOE Regular to 95 Sizes to Men Election Day June inoy a Luncheon at the A to pm i SHOES Burlington who an nounced the possibility of the Domtar plant takeover by a paper company first at a Georgetown Chamber of Commerce meeting and later in more detail at a George town Rotary Club meeting and subsequent meetings told this newspaper the president of Paper Ltd was very upset the news got out Because there is definitely a move involved with existing facilities the president either denied or toned down the nature of their planned In fact the only thing he admitted was the existence of an option to purchase Gray said he had been zed for previous press statements where he in cheated the terms of and con dilions of the whole deal were all agreed upon I wish to re iterate this is still the case because when an offer of pur chase is made the conditions have to be known otherwise you uouliln know what you re buying He said his opponents at tacked him on this issue at an all candidates meeting in Kilbride where he replied by stating he hoped the publicity would not nun the trans action llepmntedoutlhisisa paper making town with experienced paper making labor and said he still feels that Scott Paper Ltd have a very solid definite interest in locating here Gray referring to a press conference held last week said it was called to discuss two other industries and the freeze on nursing homes but the Mayor of Hilts brought up the subject of Domtar and talked about it revealing it was a paper company and that the board House of directors were meeting In Vancouver to discuss the finalization of the deal Gray Insisted the two other industries are very much alive and said he hoped they would be brought to a sue conclusion within a matter of weeks He said he had been working exclusively with only the management of Smith and Stone and no one else knew of them Gray said the D are circulating a flyer condemning him as holding out employment hopes He said he would like to near what either candidate has done to encourage in us try to come to Halton Hills My whole candidacy Is based on securing industry for Region in order to improve the industrial res I dentlal tax base and thereby hold down property taxes provide employment and save energy by lowering the distance people have to com mute to work L0T0 CANADA TICKET Cook must See hooded squaCC now and MARILYN S boutique 124 Mill Si East Acton 853 3910 in fire A fire Sunday afternoon re sulted In extensive damage to a house in ac cording to fire chief Mick Holmes The chief said the fire at the home of Ken 1 Acton is believed to have started from faulty wiring in the motor of the refrigerator No estimate of damage was determined at press time Mr Holmes said re was extensive damage to the kitchen and smote I to the re mainder of the house the chief says Mr McClure and his family are living In their motor home property until repairs are completed THE PEOPLE OF ACTON VS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT In January of 1974 the Davis Government against our will imposed upon the citizens of Acton REGIONAL GOVERNMENT and the bureaucracy that went with it We had no choice but to fall in line wrth a directive from the Davis Government The unfortunate result of this form of government has been our loss of identity as a Town in fact as a people increased taxation inefficiency and the replacement of Volunteer Citizens Boards by highly paid bureau crats unfamiliar with our needs Due to the imbalance of our council representation we have only one Regional Councillor many costly decisions affecting our Town are made by people who don oven reside in Acton and who are unfamiliar with our community CITIZENS 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