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MI around the world this weekend Christians will be celebrating Easter iheJews sure the day goes off without a hitch Back row Bob Hart and Barry Buchanan celebrating Passover Special church services will be taking place Sunday and and front row DorolfaySlmmonsandArlene Bruce ready for the service this week Acton Trinity United church choir members held a practice to moke Photo by HELEN MURRAY One Hundred and Fourth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL Twenty Two Pages Twenty Cutis Taxes up average home Acton taxpayers will be forking over an ad dm nal or 12 per cent for If lie regional budget is approved today Wed rhis hike brings the avenge bill on a assessed at as compared with last year All figures are unded off In spite of a in crease at the rcgi level the Board of if still taking I ho largest chunk out of wallets ask injfur32l This is an in crease if from 1978 Acton isgclting by far ihebiggist lax increase in the regional level according treasurer Don Mr harmcr explained to he Free Press Hi it the general purpose fir the town will be getting an increase of 10 17 per cent This sets tin figure at In in 1978 The sewers budget however he said is re ceiving the brunt of the inerease with a per cent hike Taxpayers will now be paying for the service compared wiih 30 last year He pointed out the recent expansion f the treatment plant is the major reason for such a large irerease The combined total the region is asking for is approximately per The average throughout the region the Hills fathers managed li keep their increase down to six per cent thanks to a stabilization the urban services portion of the budget Town treasurer Kay King explained this portion which Is made up of garbage pick up street lighting and school crossing guards stayed the same at The general purpose bud gel increased on he overage home Up from Thoscwilhn home ass at mure than can expect to pay more for taxes and those with a lesser assessment can expect pay less The unusual weather made travelling In the downtown area almost possible Friday morning The 60 mile an hour winds accompanied by the heavy snowfall caused much havoc Centre denied full grant Peter Marks has failed in Ins bid to gel the Acton Community Services grant they requested from the town f Hills The centre had asked council for a grant of but when the budge was finally passed the found they received some 1900 less than requested Mr Marks a former councillor appeared be fore general committee Monday evening and told the members the cut could have serious re percussions on the I could he said mean having the office pen only four days a week if the was willing to take a per cent cut in salary This would also affect he Meals on Wheels pro gram which would also have to be cut Mr Marks pointed out last year alone almost 800 people took ad vantage of the centre whether through legal aid health unit Meals on Wheels etc Over meals were delivered to elderly people as well He noted the meals helped senior people stay at home and prolongs their moving to a senior citizen residence The representative told committee the centre had set their budget by ex peeling per cent from the lown per cent from region per cent from donation of town residents and Ihe remaining coming from sources The loss of per cent of the budget Mr Marks stated Is ical Mr Marks pointed if various levels of government decided to help out in Acton by full centres for the services offered by the centre would cost a lot mure than what they are asking There arc 12 agencies using the centre Mr Marks said and if the money is cut back Ihe room lime available for them will be cut back Councillor Mike Arm strong suggested Mr Marks take Ihe matter to the region which gave I hem the full amount of money requested Al the level the councillor said he would support the group Councillor Roy Booth agreed with Mr Armstrong but pointed out a few weeks ago in council the group had agreed to send any re quests for grants per Inining lo region groups the regional council Chairman Ross Knechtel pointed out that Is to commence in 1980 Councillor Miller recalled group had rig I planned to be supported by service groups In town once they got on their feel and had planned to phase out the council Mr Marks admitted this was correct but also pointed out small town service groups are called on a lot by everyone in town and thai most had given substantially ready I ashamed to sit here and listen to this council trying to make it hard for the group to do a job for the community blasted Councillor Ed Wood If Acton had a full lime health care and Ihcrunlts would coals a lot more money and his group would not be needed he continued This group Is really worthwhile You could set up an organization like this for ten times he amount requested Councillor Marilyn Serjeanlson told com she was willing lo support the centre by them the same grant last year Councillor Harry Levy pointed there were requests for granls tot f which only 12 were approved and seven f these 12 received All committee mem berb agreed he en I re was doing a good job at providing services for the residenls of Acton Mr Wood claimed there was money left in grant budget oul of which the could come Mr Marks there Is a uency fund for foreseen items and noted this money was vital enough to come out of il Hydro out 37 hours in Rockwood homes by Rock wood St was the first lost power at 1 day and the last to re gain service at Saturday after Fridays howling prii snow An uprooted Main St tree brought down hydro lines causing the service disruption Most Hock wood homes experienced hydro lure from a Friday Sub stations it Aberfoyle Everlon and were affected by trouble the main line trim Fergus Secre tary Martin Ademu Palling trees broken poles and wires hanging together caused power problems in all of tram and townships Ontario Hardware Store stuff Tim and San work Tig snow reported a booming business the best ales day they had ill week according to Residents stoked wood owner Walter Mitchell stoves and fireplaces imp stoves propane throughout Ihe day Its Ihe most I ve used that wood stove in years s Grocery Store the kitchen temperature- wis degrees ex plained one local lady Urbanitesto host polls There will be polls riding for the 1979 federal election to be held May The polls generally are numbered east to west and south to north Hence the east section is numbered one and Acton is numbered There arc polls in urban of which are south of the Polls 143 to 179 are the Polls 180 to 184 arc In rural north of Upper Middle Road Polls 185 o 18J are in ruralMillonWardOne Polls 190 to are in urban Mliton more on them later will have polls to Rural Ha Hon Hills will have polls to while Acton has polls be Urban Milton divided into four quad rants using Ontario and Main streets as bound The Timber lea quad rant is poll 190 Ha Hon Manor and the Dr area have polls to The southwest quad rant has polls to The Dorset Park quad rant has polls to and o233 The northwest quad rant has polls to and polls and Mystery caller tips boss about Superior union The first hint of union organ zing within Superior Glove Works Ltd came to mimgcmenl thediy before a union meeting late in Jinuary A telephone call from young unidentified with an educated voice lipped man agement January The caller also fingered one of the company supervisors as That telephone call to wife of Super ior Glove part owner Frank Geng triggered off a series of events which led to the Labor tions Board hearing which started last veck in Toronto testimony revealed Mr is the first and so far only witness called concerning a complaint laid against the company by the Canadian Union of United Brewery Flour Cereal Soft Drink and Distillery Workers The union alleges about 12 workers were laid off because of he unionizing activities Superior Glove management contends the lay are result of business reisons Also Mr told the board his decision lo loy off some workers was made before he knew about the union his pinnt About on hour after word of union reached Mr Geng he said he had confirmation of the report within the company He had already called in department heads and confronted supervisor Vi We with the allegation Tuesday She was very concerned that someone was trying to blackmail her a floor lady in the plant Mr said on the stand He continued by saying the notion occurred to him tint the telephone wanted him lo fire the supervisor Mr revealed he talked to 10 1 employees Tuesday afternoon in efforts to cover more nut the union He also said he Ind someone for idvice from lie Manufacturers Union lawyer lohn McNimec questioned Mr el isely record the CMA ind other details of events follow he The union is setting out to show how m allegedly interfered with the formation of the union il Superior Clove vers w mis ill tic employees who were laid off lobe re ited Testimony reve lis hit soon after word of ihe unions work broke management Mr Gent slarted a of suspected union within the company it list of imcs ended up in the garble The board was presented with reconstructed list No one listed by Ihe company is a suspected union sympathizer was named as a grievor someonL who lost his job on the unions behalf Mr indicated Ihe task of preparing a list of suspected union sympathizer was easy for him He also indicated he received help from an union group within Superior Glove Members of group called him Union lawyer described the list of suspects as score card which would help Mr determine who was in favor of he union and who was in favor of keeping ihe management worker arrangements he wiy they were Mr Geng said he do nothing against the people whose names appeared on he list The interviews Mr carried out that Tuesday and Inter in he week appear from testimony to involved himself and the subject employee Some of the meetings took inhisoffice others in the plant The union contends office interviews were i locked door Mr Geng says the employee eould leave at will because the lock would not prevent someone walking out one of the employees Mr said union activities told him a union v be a good thing There were some d scrcpjncies her opinion about payments made Mr to the hearing board The M re in interview also featured a common element with mist of the other Interviews those according to Mr He talked to cm ploy about the company s economic situation Details of the company economic situation have I the labor board in private The union contends minagement used these talks plus mentions of a list of union sympathizers a v of frightening workers away from the union The purpose of Mr Interview with fsm ploycc Diane was to spread malicious gossip Mrs Mrs is another employee who has through the hearings sal on union side of the room opposite Mr Geng Mr told the board he was only trying to discredit Mrs in Mrs Cripps eyes In a interview with Mrs Mr Geiif said he did not think she was a union member He to the board that saying he trusted her v is of some lo her visit by the safely inspector lo Superior Glove lout after the revelation of union work con firmed lo Mr thai something was wrong Mr Gong d the inspector who normally stays no longer than two hours went through the plant from morning until quitting time As mother of management handling of union introduced a letter from the company to employees The letter 1 13 wis interpreted differently by Mr suid the letter draws a link bet ween tie union and while the company s lawyer William Phelps said hat in context a previous paragraph linked the union with job security Mr said the purpose of the letter was to make employees think before jo Early in the hearing the board learned from the company it would prefer not union Under provincial lee nation a boss cannot in terfere with Ihe formation of a trade union board sat Tuesday and a half day Wednesday to hear the Superior Glove case Friday hearing was postponed because stormy weather prevented some of the participants from attending Ihe Toronto meeting The bearing is expected to resume this Mother Nature wallops area with snow wind Schools were closed and many businesses short staffed Friday as winter had what many hoped was its last hur rah when mile an hour winds coupled with a heavy snowfall made driving impossible The storm continued Sunday and Monday dumping even more snow on the area High wind forecast for Wednesday were to be accompanied by rain In stead surprised com found themselves In the middle of a night mare The heavy slushy snow stuck fast on the roads resulting in slick conditions Roads In town were almost impassable Highway saw com muters crawling along at less than miles an hour as visibility was poor winds pushed cars sideways and roads were slippery Silver Creek hill was littered with vehicles unable to mike sleep incline Cars were backed up from the top of the hill to cast of Park Toyota Those whose cars would have made the hill did not have chance as traf was bumper to bum per at a standstill The continued on into ihe night but by morning area residents the worst was over and Spring must at last be here Highway Thursday morning was strewn with abandoned cars es pecially on the Silver Creek hill and vehicles which had slid into the ditches Owners trudged onward to claim their property and to dig I hem selves Thursday evening the area was hit with a heavy downpour of rain By morning the pre cipitation had turned to snow compounded by 80 mile an hour winds Roads were icy and snow covered Schools were closed before the day even began and many businesses found themselves shortstaffed and cable viBionwiresweredowned was once again littered by the strong winds and with vehicles in ditches crews worked furiously However the sun was restore services Police advised against driving on Highway 7 causing many lo miss work In Georgetown High way was littered with A snowfall Sunday con into the night ladcnlng the roads with heavy snow once again Works crews were all out signs downed wires and ore apart sheds ail ber Motorists got Spools In the deep snow as hey Monday but buses were drove along running hi Ihe rural areas By the time of By afternoon the snow writing Monday some subsided but the high eight inches of snow had winds persisted Some been dumped on the area driving was possible since Wednesday and it Saturday the highway was still coming down At least some children enjoyed the return Old Man Winter Pupils from Robert I title and SI Joseph school frolic In the while Thursday following the first of three late winter blasts Included Id the snow lumping were Sean Kelly arlyMcArec Richard Word Mian Kevin Jackson Jason Mike Jason SHU Heather and Paul McMillan