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Brass angers Martha by Helen Murray The Toronto Maple Leafs are In danger of ing their longest and one of their fans if all the players hassles don end Two of her players were traded this season and pretty angry with mmage Martha of Maple View Lodge Acton has been fan of the Leafs since they were first formed even before they wire known as the Leafs She and her husband use to gather around the radio and listen to a bright young commentator by the name of Foster Hew itt describe plays by the likes of Sid Smith Hap Day Turk George Armstrong Teedcr Kennedy John Bow etc She was such a Leaf nut that in over years of watching the team on television or listening to them on the radio she only one game be cause she had company and she was quite put out That changed this season On her birthday Mrs Jackson expressed in a Free Press article how she felt about Darryl Sittler her favorite in the team history The line of Lanny McDonald and Tiger Wil Hams was her all time favorite On her birthday Mrs Jackson was taken to a Leaf practice where she saw her idols in act Ion and spent several minutes talking to her favorite players It was the thrill of her life However things changed at Maple View Lodge She was beginning to tire of alt the problems and their constant ng streaks but she still considered the team Thutwas until the day McDonald was traded That day she was devastated It was another Harold Ballard folly as far as she was concerned He was the one who should be traded Mrs Jackson said not one of the team had just one year ago asked her out for a date Mrs Jackson was recently in Ihe hospital for a month and was much too 111 to even care about the Leafs duing her slay away from homo When she arrived back home she learned Tiger liams had been traded She glanced at the hockey stick in the corner of her room with the name Tiger Williams on it a birthday gift she received from Tiger himself Her faith was crumbling First now Tiger Her contempt for owner Ballard and general manager Punch I m was affecting her admiration for the team Itself Breaking up the best line the team had What next She decided if they ever traded Darryl she would hove to carefully reassess the She could not just change her loyalty to the team Darryl went to as she had always been a Leaf fan and considered herself too old to change In mid stream Mrs Jackson concluded she have to take a long look at her passion for the sport of hockey itself Well the trading deadline passed and who had been playing in recent weeks Is still a Leaf but Mrs Jackson is still hearing trade talk regarding Sit tier being gone by next season She plenty worried She just know whut to do After SO maybe even 7j has a hard lime re when she first became a hotkey fan Mrs Jackson earc anymore if the television is tuned into Hockey Night in Canada on Wednesday and Saturday nights She I care if the Leafs win or lose She doesn t core who Ballard decides to axe next She care about keep She just doesn given hoot about any of them She assures everyone it is not her age which has made her her mind At she is still fairly spry and after leovlnf the hospital was put on bed rest for three weeks After three hours of lying around however she was up and raring to go If the Leafs are upset they lost their most loyal fan they can be assured it is not personal Her disappointment is with Ballard and Imlach They want first time around why did they take him back she asks It was the stupidest thing they ever did It s been a good season for hockey in spite of her Leaf problems She was liekled pink when the Montreal Canadiens suffered the longest los ing streak in team s history They needed to be knocked down a few pes As for the Philadelphia Myers she was thrilled when they put together the longest winning streak ever in the NHL history She hopes they win the Stanley Cup this year I guess even if old Harold was no one would want htm she tingled so the Leafs and unfortunately the are stuck with him No wonder he I emch get along so well Longtime Leaf fan Martha Jackson misses two of her three favorite players McDonald and Tiger Williams very much Both players were traded by Punch Imlach and Harold Ballard this season and she mighty put out with Leaf man jgement She glad Ihey I peddle her favorite of all time Sittlcr but is concerned he be dealt before next season Mrs Jackson figures Ballard must have a copy of this picture and be throwing darts at it to see who he deal next or her But if she Is next won report to her new team This photo was taken when Mrs Jackson was the guest at a leaf practise on her birthday in November I97H MURRAY I I ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 12 Hundreds or youngsters and some people who are just young heart participated In Sunday annual Acton Rotary Club Skate A Thon at the Community Centre Dave Terry Carl did lops Just like the kids For more skate a ihon photos turn to page Photo by COM Small layoff at Beardmore There will be some lay at next In an interview Monday Donald Ron kin Beard more personnel manager said there will be a small layoff Between and people are expected to be laid off We don know how long ihey II be laid off Hopefully it will be for as short a time as possible Rankin declared He added think it will be a long lay off He noted the entire tan industry is operating under capacity and that problem is affecting too Rankin said the firm must trim its labor force number ing about now ing office workers to Citizen of Year deadline Friday have just two more days to submit inations for the Citizen of the Year Nomination ballots ap pear In today paper and can be sent to Acton Chamber of Commerce Post Office Box 41G or dropped off at the Com Services Centre The deadline for submit ting nominations is mid night Friday March 14 The recipient of the award will be named next Tuesday night March IB and the winner honored at a dinner at Acton Legion on April 12 The recipient will be Acton s Citizen of the Year Previous winners have included G A Dills Amos Mason Dr C Kenny Bill Coon Made Gibbons John Goy M Z William Fred Wright George Charlie Thomson Steve Pa pill on Ted Tyler Dave Dills George Elliott Lcs Isabel Watson Dr Frank Oakes Acton OPP St John Ambulance Acton Firefighters and last years winner Andrew inside Smith dents arc presenting Anne of Green Gables tonight and tomorrow Seostoryonpage3 Acton GO bus fares will likely go up next month See how much on page Profiles Editorial 4 On the Leavell Rock wood Digest 10 Sports Bl B2 Classifieds B5 BO B7 Haton high school teachers Strike vote Thursday by trie I- Istonc Is heading for its first teachers strike high school tea are set to hold a strike vote Thursday under the supervision of the provincial Education Relations Commission A fivehour attempt at mediation last weekend failed In the words of mediator Martin Tephtsky serious of principle separate the parties The recommendation that the Hal ton Board of Education at the Ontario Secon dary School Teachers Federation seek either arbitration or mediation and arb itration was accepted by board salary committee chairman Bill OSSTF provincial Neil how ever rejected arbitration because we feel we not gotten a realistic offer from the board the vote There are four quest ions dividing teachers and the board wages benefits retirement gratuity and staffing The main stumbling block appears to be retirement gratuity Retirement Gratuity is a lump sum payment to a retiring teacher The most it can amount to is half the final vers salary It is the Ran Ness Tomorrow 1 165 high school teachers take their first ever strike vote a tactic the provincial hopes will spur the board back the negotiating table to Munro if the weekend meeting with mediator Teplisky had been productive 111 teachers would have postponed or significant difference in principle Lawson said referring to retirement gratuity gratuity however is a point the is very firm on The board predicts that in five years the coat of this benefit will be in the millions however teacher representatives say they are puzzled by the board insistence on culling the benefit because no other board in the area has mode retire ment gratuity an issue Bill Lawson Retirement gratuity has outlived its useful ness as far as the board s concerned Once it helped teachers in comes when pay and superannuation were lower That was some years ago One of the diffcrncces in principle keeping the sides apart relates to The board wants to maintain the parity in wages that exists bet ween high school and public school teachers according to Lawson Parity would help in transferring esq hers meanwhile sees wages from a different angle In comparing with other boards offer in dollars and cents to its most experienced teachers is at most less than that offered by neighbor boards of education according to OSSTF One issue which offers some flexibility is staff states it is prepared to move on staffing The board meanwhile is of the opinion It already has quality education without having to adopt the provincial pupil teacher ratio of I The board has softened its position regarding the length of the contract During the February meeting the board drop ped its efforts to make the contract retro active There are articles in the collective agreement Most strikes are settled by arbitration therefore if we go to arbitration now it would be the most responsible move by everybody said Acton Esquesing trustee Betty Fisher To go ahead with a strike vote Is as far as I see what they want I think hey should realize it tough for the board to to arbitration The decision could go against the board Who knows Under mediation ration a third party would bring the two sides as close as possible to an agreement on as many issues as possible When no further progress is possible the third party makes a binding ruling on the outstanding questions And that that Old post office bell displayed at Snelgrove collectors home reflect the fact the plant is operating under capacity Rankin said the layoffs will hit every department There was a layoff of approximately 10 people two months ago at Beard more by Cord Murray The bell which tolled the hours in Acton for over half a century from the top of the old post office tow er at the corner of Mill and Willow Streets is today the most impressive piece in a area man huge collection of bells It s safe sound and beautifully displayed It 10 years ago this month since the old federal building was demolished and the beautiful bell was acquired by HillisE Rowland Rowland a campanologist student of bell lore had a special bellfry or bell lower constructed on his property to properly display the Acton bell I m proud to own it It an excellent bell and the largest bell in any collection he said In a recent interview Rowland has been an insurance agent for years and It was on a call to an customer in 1970 that he found out about the Acton bell He contacted the Guclph wrecker who was demolishing the old post office and after some bargaining was able to acquire the bell He won di the price he paid for the piece of this com munlties history but it didn come cheap Rowland had the big bell transported to his High way to farm needing hydraulics to lift It It sat for a time until he found a way to properly display it order to make the bell look good 1 had to have It in the proper setting and properly displayed Rowland explained While he made plans for playing the Acton bell immediately It took some lime to put his plan Inloactlon He bought British Columbia fir from the Dale estate In Brampton when It was being demolished The Dales were famous for their autographed roses Dale was stamped on a leaf of every rose and the timbers were part of the sorting room Once ho had the timbers Rowland found a car pentcrlo build an authentic or bell tower The tower doesn t contain a single nail com mortised and pegged There I any markings on the bell which Is inches across and Inches high but he assumes It Rowland with the beautiful bought width used to cue the time for Actonians for over years from the top or the post office building tower on Mill Street It has been 10 years since Rowland a bell collector from area acquired the Aclon He built a bell tower Tor It and has it displayed prominently on his farm on Highway 10 was made In the United States The wider mouth and thicker the bell the bet Rowland says Acton s old post office bell is both thick and wide It weighs two tons A good bell sound has a lengthy ring the longer It rings the better the bell Is The Acton bell is a great one One bang of the striker produced a ring for over seconds Rowland said referring lo purchase and displaying of the Acton bell I did the very best I knew how display the bell so It would look good Bells rule your life from the time you re born un til you die Think of it for while and you 11 see what I mean Rowland explained