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Tho Acton FrooPros3 Wednesday Fob 13 1980 3 Acton Hydro Commissioners and staff gathered for a goodbye dinner Saturday night Front row lert to right Orvllle Brown Hob Audrey Acton Hydro get together Acton Hydro Commission was years old Saturday and that evening the commissioners staff and their spouses gathered for farewell dinner They get together to celebrate the versary of the public utility as much as to say a formal to each other and reminisce about the years gone by On April 1 the Acton Hydro Commission will disappear and be re placed by the new Halloa Hills Hydro Com mission serving Acton Equesing and George town Master of Ceremonies Bob Mc Arthur said Acton Hydro was born February 1912 and was administered by Acton council until 1921 when the commission was formed Prior lo birth of Acton Hydro power wis generated by a steam plant at the Inland Publishing Co Limited printing facility and the Acton Free Press offices on Willow Street Acton Hydro first contract with Ontario Hydro signed in April 1912 called for the pur chase of up to horse power and in 1913 demand was for horse Also that first year there were 272 power customers recalled The first commission was formed in 1921 and in council passed a bylaw forming the Public Utilities Commission for hydro and distn McArthur stated However in work load forced the splitting of two departments with Charles Wilson serving as tin Hydro super mtendent and John Lambert overseeing water service About the same time said a deal was made to procure two lots on Alice Street and the hydro workshop was built In said the commission was split up with council taking over water At that time the town clerk was also the secretary treasurer of the commission the town and commission staff having taken place and Peter Pom troy Bock row Doug Mason Dors on Ken Hodgson and Ivor Trowbridge Absent Ken Hunen and Linda 67 years old to reminicse in the early 40s McArthur recalled the office building was added to the workshop In 1967 and at hot time there were 1 domestic commercial and industrial customers of Acton Hydro with a staff of IX Today he noted there are in total 2 customers consuming kilowatts per month at a cost of Thirty miles of wire are needed to distribute the power around Acton said he been able to find any records of who first hydro superintendent was but Hie next three were King Charles Wilson and Doug Mison Secretaries of the com mission have included Speight Fred Turner Jessie Walker Jack McGcaehle and Audrey Ho admitted he was probably leaving a few people out but the past he had been able to determine included J A Drown George Barber E T J McDonald R J Kerr I G King Mac Symon Fred MeCuteheon Charles Hansen Frank Oakes Ed Hufnagel A Mason D John Gord Cutcheon Ray Arbic Gordon J J Stewart LesDuby Tom Hill Peter Pomcroy Tom Ware Wilf and Bob McArthur Commissioners Orvdlc Brown 16 years Bob 23 years Wilf McEachem 116 years Peter Pomeroy two years were honored as well as the families the late Duby years and Ted Tyler Sr years with plaques and photographs Staffers Doug Mason 32 years Dorson years Ken Hodgson years Ivor Trowbridge two years Audrey 29 years and Marj eight years also received plaques and staff photographs Ken Hurrcn five years and Linda six months were absent Ten Days program Acton motorist recalled seeing youth who froze I A newspaper story has helped shed light on the mystery body of 19 year old Mississauga youth whose frozen body was found recently in a Milton field A Aeton man was apparently the last person to see James Wmtle of Suburban alive According to Regional Police Kevin of Cres Acton picked up the youth shortly after the 19year old crashed his car on in he morning hours of Sundiy Dec His body was ds covered nearly six weeks later in a plowed field 150 yards south of Derry between Eighth and Nin Line Milton by a group of land surveyors According to Staff Ronald Soutbgile Mr came across the accident at ap proximately a in He told police the youth and was debating on how to get the smashed ve hicle out of the ditch Mr told police the youth did not appear to have suffered injuries is i result of When the decided lie the ear out of ditch he Mr Merrill for a lift to a pirly Police earlier youth had left Base Line residence to lake home a friend but planned re turn to the part The youlh was pirently on his back when the accident Mr told police the wis intoxicated but agreed to give him a lift After a mile and a half the youth asked Mr ritt to drop him off at a claiming party wis it tint re Police arc still results from Toronto Homicide was ruled out by police fol lowing an initial report from the Silences Ccnlre in Tor onto was at to i mix lure of ilclol and nar colics Mr for ward after spotting a news story The Acton Police earlier spec ulated the youth had wandered in a stupor from the scene o the field alone He was discovered fully clad but barefoot on his back in a fur According to police Ihe youth suffered a cut foot as a result of stepping on i broken beer bottle at the parly and had also fallen several limes ap parently under the in fluence of drugs and Staff Sergeant said the case is not closed ind the in continue Acton resident Kymm age IS third runner up In the recent Teen pageant held at Square One shopping cent The Fantastic VW RABBIT j Speed Speed and Automatic Gas and Dfasol I OPEN SATURDAYS J iBAZ MOTORS Dominion Stores Limited Mr Allen Mr Ronald T Riley to the D rt the Company Mr I dent Chlrf Officer of Company and Mr ley V Fret fit of Canadian Limited Mr Glen Pre dent Corp un Limited People need meaningful work People everywhere need work a panel of experts con eluded at the Friday night Ten Days for World Development mar at Knox Pres by ten an Church program wis at tended by over people discussion centred on this year theme of Mak a 1 The panel consisted nurse Susan M United Auto Workers union Dan Bene dict industry executive Russell Rev Chuck Helton moderator Rev Dis A better more re warding working life should not be i privilege enjoyed by people in higher pavilions only It is more important that work should give sat also for ail those people who have tedious jobs In industry it Is to eliminate en tirely the monotony of mechanized work but there is always the pos sibility that an employee could be given other tasks and responsibilities and above all an authority for his own decisions Rev noted reading i Ten Days theme It also summed up many of he ideas expressed at the meeting The Ten Days program in and area ranged by a committee involving Comfort Susan Martin Clark Emiho Turner Sieve The program began with a film iboul the powers of the multinational entitled Con trolhnc Interests which it the meeting des as pocrful 11 showed exploitation of workers m developing notions like ind Chile as well as m a New land It claimed are interested in profits only and the United Stales government is protecting multinational interests foroiii while the firms exploit winkers in America Russell countered firms interested just m profits and added world is the world more together He idmilted investment goes where it will the return but it isn ihe bottom line Rev Beaton de sen lied the influence of multinationals as overwhelming and said profit be the only motive said it is unfortunate that working peoples hoods depend on the decisions mide by people of miles aw who are eon about dollars cents only He too in my people feel they thine to stop and This panel of discussed peoples right to make a living at the Ten Days of World Develop program night at Knox Hall Members of the panel are from left to right Rev Charles Beaton Dan Ilencdlct Rev Das Sydney Susan Martin and Alas to Ir Russell should be r quest ions of bow people can control their own work deslini Russell noted i big business pinbiem todiy is workers producing products any more but many people are involved in in which produces scmccsonly to Mrs can I be only motive for work She Mill work it is important ind work multmntlonil Ten program cm be very sat isfviuj A good job t one winch pays well but Is a Job which is Rev Beaton ayced saying meaningful is lop priority for a hap py life Recalling his days in business Rev said it is fair to expect a fair return for investment but too people are motivated by miking maximum and greed A decent wage should be paid for labor ind benefits for workers fair return for business iron contradictory as long as greed doesn I hurt either side Russell discussing business ethics noted business practices in Canada can be very different in foreign nil ions so sometimes firms actions outside of Canada bad but are reilly just adjustments to local conditions days for World Development began I ran through to 11 It invoked people from five Canadian Christian Churches and the past three years the theme was World Food Issues This year and in 1U81 Ten makinj a living is in educational aimed church supporters and Ihe general public he prof ram focuses concerns Can ada and the third world ilthough primarily pro blems plaguing Asm Unci Latin Amer lei Ten Days works to wirds Cin public policy in support of the poor Class preparing about Acton for info booklet Chamber by Diana The Grade 12 Urban Geography class at Aelon High School will be pre paring a detailed in formation booklet about town and learning about their community in tile process is part class curriculum this semester Janet sec rctory of the Acton Chimbcr of Commerce will be introducing the project lo Mali this The group of dents will spend two weeks conducting a field survey and collecting In formation about bus and services in Acton before compiling a detailed brochure on the town The class will de sign 1 and name the booklet before pres it lo the Chamber in June Mrs I lemiug ap proached the school with the idea of booklet be cause she said Chamber had no information to send to tourists or businesses enquiring about Acton It the first lime a pro ject like this has been undertaken by the geo graphy class although Ihe school and the ber did cooperate on shopping survey two years ago said he hopes It becomes in annual project He added the project was a practical relevant and more in method of teaching the course Students will be graded on participation and their suggestions ind on available in Hit own The projetl would in volve several school the fin il art students will help out with design Hit book will pub at but the Chimbcr of Com is all the costs book is in the pi in nint but Mrs said stu dents might want to in elude listing of rest facilities various dubs service j roup con leisure facilities a short his of the town She they might also onsider vices and ficilities in neighbouring towns ind Hit booklet would provt useful to groups through or new businesses wishing lot He here Mrs Hem When the booklet is completed which will be it the term end in June students will be isked to prepare a critical view of he services offered and provide recommenda lions to the Chamber 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