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Tho Acton Press Wednesday Dec 1980 Jean Beaton leads the chorus at the Boar Head dinner John Watson played the bongos at the dinner Town Helen Robertson Theyoungeutmonk Melissa Tolh Nancy Patterson played the lute Jesters San key and Cathy The Jesters dance up a storm 500 enjoy 4th Boars Head Jean Beaton plays at the Boar Head dinner and standing ovation from the Over people jam med the Acton Legion banquet hall Sunday night for the fourth an Boar Head dinner a highlight of Actons festive season The dinner is a tradition brought to town by Rev Chuck Beaton of Trinity United Church Wherever Rev Beaton has preached he has star ted this Christmas event and leaves it behind as he moved to a new church However he says Acton seems to have been the most enthusiastic community in terms of preparation and part Iclpatlon From the meal to the entertainment hlng was medieval In eluding the monks brown robes and the Jes ters dazzling costumes A cast of about 100 put on the show and prepared the dinner Following are the people who helped pro duce this year Boar Head dinner Crawford Caswell Jean Beaton Pauline Leslie Bill Leslie Valeric Johnston Kim Gord MellsaToth Gary Steele Jim Knapton John Wat son Steve Saunders Bill MeKenzic Paul Smith Laura Leslie David lie Patty Gordon Linda Sawden Lesley Kenny Heather Knapton Mir lam Beaton Belinda Hall Ian Sawden Mark Beaton Nancy Shoe maker Joanne Miller Cathy Brews Laura Moore Linda Helen Nancy Allan Roy Knapton Ian ray Helen Robertson Paul Moore Ian Sharon Sandra Bcndicks Hugh Potter son Nancy Patterson Dave Sale George Elliott Valeric Johnston Ed Bryan Eaton Peter Vidlcr Ken Steele Wendy Dcdman Kim Heaps Peter Laura Brllllnger Barb blrk and Jim Allan Chuck Beaton with be boar a head He brought the Christmas event to Watersewer rate predicted Human rights lecture Human Rights are God given rights will be the subject of a free public this Friday night in the Watson Room at Acton Library The speakers will be Carol and David Bowie with the presentation beginning lip m The first task of the new Regional Council will come tomorrow it promises to be a return of tho battle royal of Nov 17 when the outgoing council approved a 25 per cent hike In water sewer rates The outgoing council had been warned by Reg Solicitor Acting Chief Administrative Officer Dennis Pcrlln that It had to rectify a deficit in the water sewer rates which would have amounted to by the end of this year The equalized water and sewer rates were put into effect on Jan I of this year It was done under the user pay system whereby consumers of water were only charged for the amount used and the sewer charge wn3 a percentage of that use In addition It took the cost of water sewer charges off the regional levy and made It part of the utility bill But problems eloped almost im mediately Several times during the year regional and municipal councillors Obituar complained of major increases to consumers Some like former Reg Councillor Ron criticized the system as being too lenient to industrial com users and for vners to pick up the shortfall The came this fall Mr Pcrlln told councillors the water icr system would res ult in a deficit by the end of the year and upwards of S3 million by 19S3 if the system was not changed in some form That tame down to the mectlngNov when the outgoing council wis told that if was done to correct the deficit they might be held legally responsible The councillors opted for the Fix It approach suggested by Mr lin which for a per cent increase In water and sewer costs effective Jan Tomorrow the council must adopt or re ject this answer and it is felt Burlington and Mil ton which lose money In the present system will oppose Hills Is the loser if the council the Fix It ap proach and goes back to assessing costs on the levy Mayor Peter wus prepared Nov 17 to launch legal action against the rest of Reg Council had it ruled in favor of the chargeback system In a lengthy report written for the new council by Mr Perlin he again stresses the need to increase the water sewer costs to all of by percent While the hike is large in terms of per it means to to the average home owner on the bimonthly bill But it is known Burlington will again press for termination of the user pay concept and push for the chargeback system Frontier Florist Gift Shop G PLUS CHOOSE A GIFT FROM OUR GIFT SHOP RottJfi Wicker Craft Items Silk Designs Wreaths Table Arrangements Potted Plants Evelyn Pierce Former Acton resident Evelyn Pierce died Nov ember 19 at the Spencer Memorial Home New Brunswick at he age of Born at South Africa she was the dau ghter of the late George and Sarah Edwards She is survived by her husband William V Pierce two daughters Mrs C Carr Ann of Acton and Mrs Dorion Solly of New Brunswick one son I- red A of Truro Nova Scotia one sister and eight mdchildren Mrs and her husband res ded in Acton with daughter Ann for two and half years from to 1975 funeral service wa held N at St Georges Anglican Church after resting at Broil Funeral Home Inter ment followed in Memorial Gardens The classical duet from Spain Brandy Spa i brandy Aged n Domccq own casks Tor deep richness I ke the mm of a classical tar Domecq Domain the I 5year old red vine from a of beaut balance best worlds sir a a irrrcntrBraiwvaRu tress n j nana i roast passer earn craw tea mat as irra warn rata it nam ma n itrv ia ana rct