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B6 Press Wednesday Mar 16197 Liberal travelling caucus Affable Mitchell Sharp defends Trudeau policies Former Liberal cabinet minister Mitchell Sharp made his first visit to Acton Monday as part of the Liberal travelling caucus A public reception was ar ranged for him at the United church where the affable long time politician spoke informally chatted with everyone and had a light lunch About SO people spent an hour and a half with the Liberal member for who has a long career behind him He halls from Winnipeg graduated from the Univer sity of Winnipeg and the London Schools of Economics was in the grain trade was deputy minister of Trade and Commerce with Brazilian Light and Power elected to Parliament In was Minister of Trade and The Cabinet in energy crisis which because of the Quebec I can be more objective quadrupled the price of now Mr Sharp smiled on Now we realize govern Levesque says the hearing his introduction but must restrain champion of Quebec is the not less a Liberal It has to be dealt with government of Quebec economy The situation we face is without precedent In the history of the world Countries were determined there would never bo depres and unnecessary suffer ing again We set in train a whole series of programs- unemployment Insurance medicare family allowances living rose after the and a half to three times that what It was before But that structure began to fall apart A strong Inflationary bias developed everyone th ought everything would con- Commerce and Minister of to Improve There was Finance secretary of state worldwide inflation and president of the privy went council He resigned from off gold then came the Obituary Gil Malcolm Funeral service was held March 13 at Shoemaker Funeral home for Gilmcur GilS Malcolm of Ave Mr Malcolm died suddenly In General Hospital March 10 He was In his year His death was a shock to the community where he has been especially active and well liked Bom In Glasgow Scotland he met and married his wife there before moving to Canada in He served in the Royal Navy during World War two He had lived in Acton for years where he belonged to ihe Royal Canadian Legion and Acton Choral lers and was involved in minor hockey and minor soccer His hobbles were singing darts golf and hockey Mr Malcolm was a member of Knox Presbyterian church Mr Malcolm served many years on the Recreation Advisory Committee He was employed as an electrical installer with Ontario Hydro Left to mourn his loss are his wife Doreen two sons Scott at home and Ron of daughter in law Wendy and grandchildren Sherry and Terrl one brother Alex of Glasgow and a sister Allison also of Glasgow He was pre deceased by his parents Alexander and Allison The Rev Andrew officiated at the funeral services Pallbearers were Reed J J Biggins and Inscoe Interment was at Cemetery Members of the Canadian Legion and the Acton ChorallerB attended the funeral There was a special Legion service Sunday even ing Leather A theft of three pieces of at 7 am March finished leather from Beard- arrived in Acton yesterday more Is being Investigated by Tuesday four days after It Regional Police had been mailed Police the theft took place Maybe It went to Acton March 3 and England first the pro- of Quebec Is the of Canada The people of The aim Inflation board has Quebec know their been very useful helping to ore Levesque and inflationary ex was elected People dont expect as much as they did because of separatism There are no cures Support for separatism is He spoke of legislation no longer growing which are well He recalled In when he aware of protecting the entered Politics there were no try But protec- French Canadians in the tlonism la the surest way to ranks of the bureau- depression he said Liberals none spoke French believe In an International There has been tremendous stance we have to prosper change together confident of the Mr Sharp changed the future he concluded A subject to the threat to unity couple of spirited questions and declared we should be wcre asked about Indexed grateful to have Trudeau as pensions and on blllngualism our leader today He ex Aga Mr Sharp defended plained that Trudeau became for French but op- a member of the Liberal to suppress the party and Intered politics English speaking people in Quebec The policy Is not to have people bilingual but to enable people to deal with the government In their own language Its institu tional Travelling with Mr Sharp were Jacques Leger research assistant to M P Frank and treasurer of the Liberal association Vis who acted as driver for the day Mr Sharp came to Acton from Oakvilleand continued on to Georgetown Ho was interviewed by the Georgetown Independent and attended the opening of Hills Community Conservation Centre there Then he returned to Oakvlllc and dinner in Wellington M P Frank STAFF and residents of home for senior citizens were among those who met for mer Cabinet Minister Mitchell Sharp Monday Maione Hughes and are pictured Maine was In Milton and government policies Acton high schools at a Phllbrook explained Chamber of Commerce lunch Caucus members meet In Milton Mississauga city with high school students hall and a dinner In Oakvllte municipal governments Three Federal Ministers businessmen community and four Members of college students ethnic Parliament toured the community representatives and Mississauga regions and service club members in Frank Phllbrook the area said took part along with this travelling caucus is the Mr Sharp Dr Maine Norm in a series which have Minister of State for taken place throughout Multlculturallsm Robert Ontario Its a chance to let Andras president of the Federal Government Treasury Board Tony know the areas of concern in Abbott Minister of State for the region so we are more Small Business and Jean sensitive to them In Ottawa Robert Gauthler Ottawa Vanier The concept of this travelling caucus evolved out of the government concern to maintain closer contact with the people and to gather important feedback on March break atY March Break fun fest is planned for the during school break next week Open to youngsters from age five to it runs Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday March to March 23 Times are a m to There will be both indoor and outdoor activities which are still being planned including ses sions at the pool arena and park The special days are Sponsored by both the arid the recreation department Registration Is Wednesday today March IS from to 10 m at the town office or on the days following There Is no program on the Friday as its Good Friday The young people register ing will be divided by age for the programs Whats done will depend partly on the weather as they hope to be outside as much as possible Quentln Thwaltcs will be the of the program On staff will be some of the potential summer recreation department employees The Corporation of The Town of MHton ABOUT THE NEW REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN THE TOWN OF MILTON WILL BE DISCUSSING IN GREAT DETAIL THE NEW REGIONAL OFFI CIAL PLAN AND WILL BE FORWARDING OUR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REGION IN APRIL WE WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP This new Plan is available free of charge if you call the Regional Planning Department at 878 and ask that a copy bo mailed to you Study it and if you have concerns write- down the- Pago Number Item Number along with your views and mail it on March to Mr R J Zsadanyi Planning Director Town of Milton Main Street East Milton Ontario L9T1P1 THOMPSON CLERK THE REV Chuck Beaton and former Cabinet Minister Mitchell Sharp chat over lunch at Trinity Church Monday Over welcomed Mr Sharp to town Board rejects prayers for unity Acton Trustee Bert found no support at Halton Board of Education Thursday for his plan to have pupils pray for national unity He asked the board to consider following the example bet by Hastings Prince Edward Separate School Board and have students read a prayer written in English and French once a week He noted the Eastern Ontario board has pupils reciting the prayer weekly In view of the groping that goes on with regard to the Importance of concern for Canadian unity it would seem that a prayer Is perhaps the most constructive resourct available as a cure to our problems Hinton s prepared statement to the board said Earlier he said he thought his prayer plan made more sense than most dealing with national unity which have come to the board such as having students write letters to Quebec Premier Rene protesting his plan to take Quebec out of Trustees t debate Hinton s plan before rejecting Special delivery CORRECTION NOTICE Please Note The Following Corrections Due to an error on our part in our furniture ad of March 8th we advertised a 26 Bradford Colour T V for THIS SHOULD HAVE READ W APOLOGIZE TO OUR CUSTOMERS FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED If you own a van dont take chances You nead a superior rnuffler MILTON MALL Ontario South IKTMHWUWIH RICHS Service Centra Ltd R AqTON PHONE 2940 to select Actons CITIZEN of the YEAR 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