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ninetyfirst year no 41 acton ontario thursday april 7 1966 authorized as becond clui mat y the port office department ottawa twelve pages ten cents hire six teachers two tentative public schools lose eight on staff acton latepavers will be reliev ed to know 30000 has been chop ped off the anticipated cost to taxpayers tor elemental v school education tuesday evening acton public school board reduced lis requisition to the town by this amount the depaitment of education giant system was changed this year and due to this change both public and high chool boaids as well as town council were en iloped un a mvsterv unable to deophci the giant sstem as a result both school boards based their icquisitions to the town on last ear grant sstem which was lower than this vcai grants higher the town auditor was asked to visit the depaitment ot educa tion in an attempt to solve the leaving the stall of the robeil little school at the end ot tins teim will be miss marv golem mis doieen byeiman mrs june doberthien ross farrellv and john lewis teachei robert gov enlock will also have to be 1 c placed due to illness leaving the m z bennett school will be stewait cowan and miss gail hanna teachei s lined to date include gain ibateman who let i acton to teach in toronto douglas hinds horn st cathanncs ai th ui uichuk ol sudbiuy miss mar lan gallaugher of belleville mis marlene tilon of toronto and miss elaine ellis of gait roof trees the piopertv committee re potted materials foi the icplncc ment ioof at the m z bennett ep cat cat cat cat l n m s a b c d 10 8000 7s00 9 7700 7200 6800 8 7400 6900 6500 7 7100 6600 6200 5800 6 6800 6100 5900 s5o0 s 6s00 6000 s600 s2o0 4 6200 s700 5100 49o0 3 s900 s400 5000 4600 2 s600 s100 4700 4300 1 5300 4800 4400 4000 0 sooo 4s00 4100 1700 allowances aoovc the salai giant mvsteiy this was done and school would be aiming suon tuesda the public school boaid with possible installation dining learned the depaitment grant the easter holidays was consideiabh higher this ear i it was also agreed to puicliase the boaid s onginal requisition a numbei ol tices foi planting to the town amounted to 537 722 at the schools and this can be reduced to accounts totalling 12 115 73 107 722 as a icsult ol clanfica were approved foi payment tion of the giant system following is tihe teachei salary acton council has been unable i schedule adopted b the boaid to stuke a mill rate due to the uncertainly ol the depaitment of education giant it is antici pated the high school board wilj also reduce its lequisition to council now the giant svstem has tocen clai died tuesday evening the public school boaid learned eight new teachei s would be requned toi next cai two new teaeheis will be needed foi the m 7 bennett school and si loi the robert little sehool to date six new teachers have been engaged and two are pend ing t competition keen wednesday as music festival concludes competition keen wed music lest brookvillc public school song sters were lubilant wcdnesdav evening when thev carried home a first place trophv and a sec ond place shield during the hal ton music festival wmdup in the acton robeit little school the twodav lestival which be gan tuesdav concluded wodncs dav evening with a packed audi torium of parents and 1 1 lends ol the voting singeis schedule aic a v ice prmcipils 25 per loom o teachei of aux lliaiv class 200 which fxccivcd the acton wo men s institute shield tiom mis fied anderson alson entei taming the huge crowd were the junior olioir from the acton robeit little school which won the competition tues dav the robeit little school bovs unchanged voices choir winners trom tuesdav also sang othei winners from tuesdav singing wcdnesdav included the senioi choir trom norval school in the hist competition elass and the senior chon fiom milton tor the tuple duet including sing eis trom giades five and six in schools with si looms ind un dei the spevside sehool was pre scnted with the miss ruth ev ins trophv bv mis 1 long see ond place shield don ilccl bv the ebciicci church ehon vs is pie- seiiied ov elwood long to camp- bellvillc school in the tuple tiiet competition oi grades seven and eight biook villc took top honors to receive the milton kinsmen club tiophv presented bv ralph mckcoun second pi ce went to the acton m 7 benitelt sdiool which u eeived the halton music festival shield piesellted bv mis s j bllinelle in the i ui 1 1 competition loi boss changed voices ehon stcvs art town schoii lecelved tllst place u icceive the milton public school boaid tiophv liom boaid ehairm in john johnston second place went to blookville school martin stieet sehool h litem music festiv l associa tion piesident mrs jean mu iiiuv vseleomed the large clowd ind acton school board chairman ie bustow extended gieetings tmm the boaid and expiesscd his giatitude to the association inspectoi l mcneil intio ducecl the adiudicator miss ina bowcn supers lsoi of music foi biintloid public schools second skating 80 youngsters husband and wife teamed up saturday at the second annual skating carnival to please the large audience mr and mrs glen skuce gave a dance demonstration mrs skuce is the skating instructor for the acton figure skating club and both have their bronze dance medgls more pictures of the carnival appear on the front page of the second section dieams came to life satin dav night when acton flguie skating club prolessional mis glen skuce presented her 80 captivat ing young skating pupils tain lanclland cindy land com prised the two seelions ol the en chanting piogiam land ol dreams on ice parents friends and neighbois of the skilllul gnls and six bovs idled the community cen tie lor the second annual closing cai nival attendance was close to 600 slight mis skuce choicogiaph ed hei lust entile show designed about hall of the costumes select ed music directed the voungsteis and then skated heisell mis skuce and hei husband mdustual aits teachei at milton high school arc both bione dance medalists and demonsttated the wcstmin stei walt argentine tango and rocket foxttot mi skuce when he was a high school student in oshaua was canadian dance champion thev have lived in ac ton nearly eight months i the show was a family affau in mole ways than this mis skuce s fathci r baielayol toionto was mastei of ceieinonies announcing the numbeis and hei mothci mis baiclav made most of the gay ornamented headpieces loi the numbeis mis baielay has had plenty ol expel lence helping piepaie loi carnivals swelling the audience wcie the parents relitives and 1 1 lends ol both mi and mis skuce liom oshawa and toionto haidsvoiking piopeity nianag ei for the show wis haiolct townslcv vie bustow and john buekman were in chaige ol light ing and olheis who helped vseie fiank thompson ken papillon chaihc peiry lmmcison baxtci and cam tiasei gaiv de biuvn was stage managei jim inghs and phil mccnstall looked alter tickets and don tord was in chaige ol sound mi townsley t iped all the music about hall the costumes wuc in uk hue and hall icnted i rum st cathaiuus mis g malcolm md mis s ried woe in chaige ol the sessing assisted bv i lew mothci s thev had the dicssing looms well oigaiucd with i lost ei ol duty mothci s mis ii townslcv was assistant piopcily managei club executive ineinbeis ai e piesident phil mccnstall socio taiy mis fc baxlei ind tieisuici phil elliott as the piogi un piogicsscel piomplly the coloilul uioup mini carnival fills arena mrs skuce entertain beis vveie inteispcised with solos and guest numbers the clever costumes added to the skating i on linos skating solos weic cathy papil lon as a janv princess susan schupp as a lack in the box col leen dc bruvn as little bo peep shaion banbei as red ruling hood ann mane lutv as a mama doll lynn dunn as the ice cicam piineess kim mccnstall is miss lollipop and valerie irwin as miss sugai diop in i any land the hrst hall ol the show the old woman in a shoe w is bicncli dennv with cliildien debbie huigett ilea tliei reed colleen dcbiuyn su san mcphail sharon barber su san hurgctt jean elliott susan pevcha and kim mccnstall toy soldieis all the boys in the show were gordon bollert harry schupp peter schupp dan nv la maish scott malcolm and ron guest sheep wcie theiesa luty mar ilyn debruyn diane bagtnski and cathy massorr while the three i utle kittens weie julio towns- lev fiances cunningham lynn fshci in leddy beai s picnic the bears wcie many schupp peter schupp danny la marsh bun nies sharon phillips beverly du continued on page four teachers salary schedule approved at short high school board meeting hundreds sing tuesday in halton music festival the robeit little public sehool auditoiium in acton w is mimed tuesday as puciits and liiciids c ime to eilov the noith hilton music fcstiv it president ol the lestival wis mis jean miieoux ol acton she wis assisted bv v lee piesident jack reed ol noi il seeictus tieasuiei mis beit benton tio pin com c lie i mis rich ud pple v ud ind issist mi tiophv come pnn- llcl l s j buuiclle acton cup loi itinioi choij giad i in the senioi chon giad i 4 lo 6 7 looms and over was and 8 7 moms and ovci vvofi bv robeit little public nei was mai tin st public school cipal ken trovs budge of brook villc thanked the participants md the idiudleatoi loi a splcil did pertoi malice cancer month pnl is cancel month in ac ton uncle campaign chaiimin mis r i aibie the many volun teci c mv isscrs have begun cill nij dooi lodool expecting the uvu il excellent lesponse returns will be tx potted late i lso issisling wcie inspcctois w l lccil md o w mcdowell musk siipci v isors m chuc ot the siiicis wcie glenn b inks ol vton mis a ledvvtth loi mil ton mis mnv kidney loi ls qiicsing md mis dou vickciv loi njss i uu s i alllllcllc ltoi ol the competition wis miss in i m boss en supcivi sin ol music loi the public schools ol bi intloid the lesults ol the competition wuc is t ol low s tl iple tile- gi ulcs s md 6 7 rooms 01 ovci iceeiviiir the kin cite club ol milton cup picscnl cil bs mis bos m clement pme viess public sc hool md vsmieis 11 lllc bulk ol nov 1 sulill si lie lei 1 loin mil n pie s nicd bs ncslcs close piiiicipil ol i 1 de use s i l ic nsc s pub ic chonl milton soiip se i pi il the john milton i 1 i i c up ll pitlllis choll klllele l tell to 1 lele 3 is piesellted bs m s lohn huns to slew u u sv n with blookville svinnnv i ic duke oesonshn c 1 o d i uni slllclll piesellleel is mis 1j r toiec le sorv vs is ilch in in mi u ot i lie niit i lie i lkcsde thipel 1 o d 1 school acton and piesented to the in b mis h helvvig second siee ieent i he rol irv club mil ton shield w is won bv w i dick public school milton piesented bv vv i mcneil rot man song sv is i he i old is mv shepheid lovely april 1 1 lims sv is piesented to camp he 1 1 v illc public school junioi choii i ides i to 4 6 rooms and mule i ills pi esciitalion was niide hv v bnstoss ol the acton public school bond wimiei ot tile ml i mon w 1 shield loi the sinie diss was norval puollc sdnxl pi esc nt ition was made by lis 1 i niccs mueoux piesident ol 1 lie icsllv ll music loi tills loup vv is 1 ovels api ll lii llic boss uiich ingccl voices diss iceipient ol hc bank ol mon hell acton cup ss is robeit lilllc public school ssith the pie seiiuihon ol tlu tiophv made bv bink inumfci led pi ill winnei ol mu s ii ill m ii tin i o d e slue kl liom milton piesented bv m lohn bcscils lust sieeicg c n i u is hioikvillc public school s i v is 1 ik i mic lo sing llu siinoi ehon competition i ues lo s s looms ind undo w is u n bv noi v il public school ii is lccelvcel lllc ctoll hoillc i i s ii i up pi c sc ntcd bv l limpu sod ll convene win in ol the c linpbellville v i shie hi i llu s one cl iss was i in pbellville public school tto- plis u is piesented bs mis omc r ill sickle sec et ll lie islircl iii w i mn ic selection was ii i l ii know milton who received the milton home anil school cup piesented bv mrs mai ot ic movvdiav loi then elloits the bank of com melee geoigetovvn shield was piesented to m z bennett public school acton bv e l bui man accountant song was toi all th care we bless thee early papers reveal budget actons tax rate will be struck by council next tues day the budget committee will meet on monday and present their budget to council on tuesday to bring the news to free press readers sooner the paper will be published and distri buted on wednesday after noon rather than thursday morning next week acton distnct high school boaid membcis held the slimiest meeting lo date monday evening when thev concluded business within an bom dining this times thev agieed to pin chase tiecs loi planting dualized the tiachcis salaiy schedule ind appiovcd in stall ilion ol i push button tele phone system in ihe school tiee planting ss is hi ought lo ihe altcntion ol boaid membcis bv piopeity ehaiiman kcrwin imc phail who piodueed i copy ol in aclvei lisonenl by the town conn ell loi tices on a hall shaie basis pi iiic ip il i a llinscn stated he would like it lc 1st thice ol loin liccs loi pi lining ilong a loll roulesaid in liont ol school alto objection bv piopeity chad man lo the tvpe ot tiee hong olloed ll ss is una 111 mously agieed to pin chase the lices mi mcphail citing his 20 vcais experience xx i till onluio hydio noted hvdio men had trouble with i eel maples splitting clui ing stotms he sncl he ptelciied a haid maple but would go don with the wishes ol the majority ol minimis 1 1 ustee duncan mollat a i n in ci in nassagawcva township siicl thcic was only one maple the win l- dlt mal was n nuplc jbeloie deciding lo ill ike lllc pill chase cvoyone agieed lllc liccs weic i bug un it hill pi lee piinopal h inscn icciuested m tallition ol i push hill ton phone system w hie h would allow nunc th m one call at a tune lllc pic soil system picvciits this ll ve is gleed lo i list ill the chlfere n t iv pc i ol phone dining the suininci months accounts lot tiling 18 727 70 woe lpproscd loi pavilion following is ihe l6ci7 s il n x schedule idoplcd hv ihe bo ird basic gioup one niiniiiuiiii xs100 maximum x 000 cioup two minimum s 700 maximum 9 400 gioup tin ce minimum s6 100 ni isinuiin xi0600 gioup loui mi milium xe 8h maximum sll wo position allowance piiiicipil sepai ate iicgoi ition vice pi mil pal scpiiale ileoli ition ma loi depaitment head si 000 maim leling depai tminl held x7o0 mi loi assist mt depai tnic nt h icl s100 nunoi dcpiitmoit lie ail x700 nunoi icting dep u uncut 400 subject eooidmatoi head 200 annual inoeiiicnts teachers gioup one and two x300 teachei gioup lliice ind loui 400 de pailnient head mioi nunoi oi ailing ss0o assistant dcpait ment head ss00 subcet cooich mtoi noi mil icaehei inclement plus s50 lxpo lence allowance seeon daiv sehool teacher group one and two in that category 300 po ye u to maximum group thice and foil i in that category v100 po year to maximum pimiarv school teachei wifh tlcgice in ipphe iblc aic is v300 pi ii i without degrei xlsopo ye n y the ipiovcd business industrial pio tc- fessional cxpeiiciicc xli pci seal maximum si v n vi us giad uatc dogiee 201 to moo depend ing on degree cumulative sick leave 20 days per vear to 100 davs then 10 days per vear to 200 davs maximum gratuity the acton district high school board will pay any teacher letinng pomanentlv liom the piolession while in the em plov ol ihe acton district high school board a gratuity ol ac cumulated sick leave days at the silaiv late last received up lo a in iximum ol 100 days supply teachei late x20 po diy ind up po gioup an inipiovoiiciil in eitegoiv will be letioietive it the elite the e alcgoi v eh ine is e irnd the stafr iccognizes that trto boird has the ught to place any tcachir in a higher category than the leichci s citegoiy in rccogrw lion ol long and exceptional ser vice special i how i nee ie new teach cis teachei s eligible for category 2 upon completion ol interim b paid citigoiy 1 plus 200 teach os eligible lor category 3 upon completion ol fntenm b paid eategoiv i plus 400 teachers must obtain b isic category within ihree yeais oi revcit to category leichci man lgemcnl commit lee hill 111 in r iy arbic told bo ucl membcis the salary sched ult rcpuscntvd a median of 38 schools in tlnee districts surroun ding acton this pulsus right lit ihe swim with the best of boards we don t have to lake a back seat to mv remarked the committee chairman cons breaks leg constable biuce kressler of the acton opp detachment will be oil dutv foi perhaps six months as a icsult of a fracas in the pol ice olficc with a voung man f i id iv evening of last week constable kressler and constable peto campbell were called to the roy il c ile to investigate a di- tuib nice e uised bv pat churchill on thoi irris il the churchill youth hid ie 1 1 but was located a less dooi s aw is ihe police look him to the po lice oil ee loi questioning and iheie const iblc campbell was av s hilled bs the youth constable kiesshr ittcinpting lo break up the skumish icll to the floor as he gi ippled with the youth ind chuiehill leh on his leg breaking a bone di d a g ii ictt ss is called and the police ollic i w is hospitalized in guelph wheic he underwent singe iv lc insslnlc i police officer horn milton opp detachment at lived it the eton nil ice and when lie wis ittcinpting to take was learned he hopes to open chuiehill to milton tail the youth new drug store acton will soon have a second drug store to be located in the former bell telephone building which doctors brian moore and craig hutchison recently vacat ed the owner of the building w j mcleod told the acton free press wednesday morning the building was presently being re novated to accommodate the new business in a telephone conversation with one of the prospective owners of the drug store it the new store early ln june names of the business part ners arc not available for pub lication at the present time since there arc many details yet to be completed took oil on loot his escape was biicl ind he sv is ix captured a shoi t dist nice aw is hi his been ehiigcd with as smiting i police ol i ic c i and es c ipiu custoels i lower hs requisition after grants explained sun rtuno robert uttle school boys unchanged voices choir cap tured the acton bank of montreal trophy tuesday afternoon taking top spot during halton music festival pictured with the trophy are bank manaqer ted pratt and ricky rocher and raymond bailey representing the choir ctem distiic high schoil bu ll il ll is icelllcc i ll hi 0 i c cmisition 1 1 oni c hindi hs 20 sp is lliis ic ion wis liken iliu ihe low ii iiiililoi sv in i llii dc p ii i iiic m ol i diic t i wi in i him lo lllll solsed ill lu1i1i piohlclll isiikhrv lii imiiii v ill i im mil i lli ton t ill tlu 1 i e i iu s ol tlu i ll mg w lllc i is oiiginilh it ss is klvve i llii osi inini m gi ml would imounl to ti3 s34 7s a- the school bud lct ssas based on these liuics i 1 1 ss is icll heel tllesel is ihe giant would inipunt lo 84ii010 change townships also changed is the lcijiusilion to the town ol eton md tosvn ships ol nissigiwevi md i s- i cjuccjllg jjllouutuljj to joool id pi s ll he 1 l iglll 127 171 i hi s s ll ill c h iiumici ph v 11 111 issc ssuic it pocellt uc 1 ts 11 sl 1 ii c vv ll he vpl s4 7s 1 1 ci sll 2 1 40 4s 111 ll iss ij 1 wi v 1 sll is headon collision i during snowstorm two moloiisls liom roe k wood mil guelph sseic i n ii i e d in i heielon collision on highw iv 2s south ot spevside dm ing the snow stoi m e u is f i idav moi ning and the collision n suited ui 700 lotal d image to then vehicles i lino rov c u ton ol r r i rockvsood dnsei ol one ot the vehicles icccised chest llllllees i 1 1 ic till e e kneecap nil lioil hmnsi s mervsn 1 i lehts ol guelph sullcied t ec cuts knee itul chist iniurics md hid scvo il hiokcn teeth milton opp said one ol the c 1 s slid out ot onliol oil the slush coselcd highss iv tanners one up itnn 1 inncrs took the edge in 1 best four out of seven game scries wednesday last night when they defeated hes- plcr mic macs 52 in hesplcr acton showed a slight edge throughout the game as they showered jack waldo watson with pucks the series resum es in acton this friday night ln etuu aiciia guides enrolment held last thursday iii vinnd aoon gill guidi company had in enrolment on thuisdax night with six girls be ing i in oiled diane chaictti juds holmes hoke bollert deb hie pipillon carolvn duval and anne rodgcis some ol the mo thcis vscn in attendance tuesday evening the brossnies and gill guides attended the holy week service at the picsbv leitau cllulcll sum rholo league champions in ihe legion cribbage league were presented with the legion trophy and sets of folding trays at the annual banquet in the legion friday night front row left is captain pete turkosz receiving the trophy from first vice president gordon james back row icfl lo right arc pal waldic grant allan harry bunk holmes and ted elliott