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ninetyfirst year no 42 acton ontario thursday april 14 1966 authorized second clam mall t the post office department ottawa twelve pages ten cent education costssogr rate 698 mills commercial rate 77 mills bringing in his 1966 budget at council meeting tues day budget chairman f g oakes recommended that the mill rate be 698 for residential and farm and 77 for industrial and commercial taxpayers these rates represent a 76 mill increase on the residential rates and an 84 mill increase on industrialcommercial taxes one of the main factors for the increased rates is the increased cost for school operation of the total increase the public school accounts for 57 mills on industrialcommer cial and 52 mills on residential totalling 3979862 while the high school accounts for increases amounting to 28 in dustrialcommercial and 25 residential totalling 1908153 in presenting his 1 966 budget councillor oakes read the following submission from his budget committee to council the submission is published below to acquaint rate payers with details of the school budgets a complete out line of the 1966 general budget appears on page 2 of this issue to the ratepayers of acton council have now struck the mill rate for the year 1966 and it shows an increase for commercial and industrial assessment of 84 mills and an increase on residential and farm assessment of 76 mills we would like to explain this increase to the rate payers in simple terms so that everyone will understand the reasons for the increase the yearlymill rate is set in four parts 1 for town high school board 1965 total expenditures including debentures 32187200 less grants and other revenues 20991900 total raised by taxes 11195300 actons share 7845600 mill rate commercial 114 mills residential 103 mills 1966 total expenditures including debentures 36133000 less grants and other revenue 22117800 total raised by taxes 14015200 actons share 9763268 mill rate comniifircial 142 mills residential 128 mills increased cost of operation actons share 1917668 acton mill rate increase commercial 28 mills residential 25 mills county of halton ievy 1965 4169354 1966 4336524 1965 mill rate 58 mills 1966 mill rate 60 mills an increase of 167170 an increase in both commercial and residential of 2 mills s county rate 4336524 mills public school increase 3979862 high school increase 1908153 county of halton increase 167170 total increase 6055185 57 and 52 mills 28 and 25 mills 2 and 2 mills 87 and 79 mills general purposes including debentures not including schools 2 for public school purposes including public school deben tures 3 for high school purposes including high school de bentures and 4for county of halton purposes the high school is as everyone knows a district high school with parts of the townships of esquesing and nas- sagaweya contributing to the cost the percentage break down is as follows acton 6614 esquesing 2342 nassagaweya 1044 this percentage is based on the equalized assessment of each municipality that is in the district this years expenditure in comparison with 1 965 for all four units is shown in the following table and we trust you as ratepayers will have a better understanding of the increase arid tbe reasons for same less town general purposes 209861 3 and 3 mills total increase 5845324 84 and 76 mills chairman reports modest conservative budget town general purposes 1965 expenditures 1965 receipts to be raised by taxes 1966 expenditures 1966 receipts 37831889 13395756 24436133 37183652 12957380 to be raised by taxes t96s mill rate commercial 338 mills residential 303 mills 24226272 1966 mill rte commercial 335 mills residential 300 mills a decrease of 209861 a decrease of commercial rate 3 mills residential rate 3 mills public school purposes 1965 total costs including debentures 27792500 less grants and other revenue 15717900 total raised by taxes 12074600 mill rate commercial 176 residential 158 in presenting his 1966 budget to council tuesday evening budget chairman f g oakes noted the levy for he town gen eral purposes had been reduced the past two years and again this year he said expenditures over which the town has no control included the public school board total costs including de bentures amounting to s3 18993 high school board total costs in- j eluding debentures amounting to 361330 and the county of halton levy amounting to s43- 365 24 the three combined total s723 68824 or 66 per cent of the total municipal expenditures in acton for 1966 general rate down council controls only the town general rate which has been reduced from last year and amounts to s371 83652 or 34 per cent ol all municipal spending this includes the band grant credit valley con servation authority levy li- braiv parks recreation and planning budgets and debentur- 1966 total costs including debentures less grants and other revenue 31899300 15914900 15984400 mill rate commercial 233 residential 210 h increased cost of operation 3909800 increased mill rate commercial s7 residential 52 in his recap to council the budget chairman explained this is a modest conservative budget every department has been givensome consideration none have been overlooked or i cut off just because we have j a couple of school budgets presented to us of enormous proportions we cannot throw iii the sponge and let the town j decay- and stagnate and ibis budget would indicate tffls j he also noted the new hud- got allows for an extra opp officer to be engaged allows for the purchase of a new garbage packer takes care of the cost of living raises for the office staff and the outside work staff not large but some allows for a little more cemetery work makes provisions lor more road work to be done although not as extensive as last year provides a budget for the development committee to use if necessary council members scanned iheir copies ol the budget as the budget chairman reviewed page after page of detailed accounts councillor oakes commended members of his budget commit tee other municipal boards and committees and the town clerk- administrator for their assist ance in preparing the 1966 bud- gel 12 8 high school operation debentures mills 9763268 first regular session in council resumes regular business for he past five or six weeks acton council members have been- preparing the 1966 budget and regular sessions have been positioned or held lo a minimum dining this lime tuesday evening council approved the budget and delved into delayed regular busi ness until long alter the ii pm curlew ost simjii daylight saving time was ap proved and residents will he ask ed lo advance clocks an hour sunday april 24 at 1201 am un til october 30 when clocks will be turned back an hour at 2 am coditcil also approved a bylaw rules and regulations and the schedule of rales lor pairview cemetery adjusted the salary of asses sor william krskinc to 4800 per annum with a car allowance tot alling s400 delegated mayor les duby and clerk administrator jack mcieachie lo attend the town rtwvwwvtwwwwmww engage stars the rhythm pals wellknown entertainers from the tommy hunter show have been en gaged to headline the iloim western show this spring more plans for the popular show were made at the clubs meet ing this week and village section ontario mun icipal association conference at lindsay on may 13 and 14 other councillors wishing to attend on saturday may do so approved installation of com plete underground wiring in the present lybeingdeveloped section of iakeview subdivision and re quested acton hydro to present an iteiliied statement of the s452730 cost lo ihe own which will be amortized over a period uf 20 i years agreed lo have ihe town en gineer cooperate with tony sey- nuck and his engineer in laying out a plan of subdivision for 58 acres of his land which is pro posed for sale to cranston griese for development application for a land separation from t sey- tiuck to c griese ik now before the committee of adjustment credited consumer deposits totalling 32 to four residents who have moved library meeting mayor duby reminded council members ihe centennial library project had not been forgotten and a meeting will be held april 21 with ihe architect to discuss further plans zjt j1 public school operation debentures m1l 159844 cwvwmvmwwtwwttwwwwmwvwwwwj general purposes oij administration salaries bldjk mainl jcemetery mills insurance dog control 560156 protection fire police division court street lights 64598 public works roads equip maint sidewalks 5is505 drenters sculpture in kitchener show the sculpture ot andrew drent ers rr 4 acton is on display in a special twoman exhibition at ihe gaslight gallery 479 queen st s kitchener mr drenters who exhibits un der the name andreas has pieces ot his work on display in the gal lery featured with his work arc the prints of katja jacobs ol tor onto the setting ot tne gaslight gal lery is ideally suited for mr dren ters work opened only six months ago it is located in a con verted coach house at the rear of what used to be a stately mansion ot a prominent kitchener busi ness man national faint mi drenters has achieved na tional lame with his amusing scul pture made ot pieces of farm ma chinery and other scrap iron one of his pieces the moose has been positioned on ihe crasiy verge ol the winding driveway loading irani the street to the gaslight gallery the show will continue until the end of april andrew drenters brother yoset has been commissioned to do a sculpture- for expo 67 and this sanitation health welfare garbage insulin ambulance relict s2 1550 modest worm early birds get the worm this time of year and early papers have the budget concentrated cutdown of expenses in all areas but schools provide a fair ly juicy worm today for tax- ridden actonians the papers bearing the financial figures of the modest budget are out on the streets and in the mail wed nesday afternoon instead of thursday morning last week- free recreation community library parks community centre fair planning board band 2729954 debentures 11502623 sewer deficit tax writeoff interest charges 5500 i was reported in press j andrews sculpture has been i photographed for the free press i previously he is also a former acton figure skating club in- i structor ji isix acre sale brings hearing j actons committee of adjust- nient thursday of last week ap proved a minor variance on lots 1011 and 12 bordering on long- llield road to allow joe gitlo to erect three homes the same night committee members postponed a decision ion an application from tonv sey- inuck tor sale of approximately uix acres of land bordering on ac- ion boulevard to cranston griese a plan ol subdivision is proposed lor the site by mr griese i it was the committees decision i to have the development commit tee of council discuss the propos ed project with all parties involv- ied the hearing will proceed april 21 when a decision will be handed down another accident millmain corner j estimated damage totalled s85 in a twocar crash saturday april i 9 at the intersection ol mill and main streets j constable peter campbell ol ihe j acton o pp detachment invest i- gated and reported a car driven by patrick nolan georgetown proceeding north oil main st s i and one driven by charles griese j rr 2 acton which was proceed- ing south on main st n collided at the intersection when each driver attempted to turn east on mill present for the meeting were members g w mckerizie and murray smith andsecrctary jack mcgeachie with mr seynuck mr griese mr gitto and his solicitor report breakins at two homes constable peter campbcll ol the acton opp detachment is in- vcstijtalhig a hreakin and m at tempted hreakin which occurred saturday night the home of murray scoyne elizabeth drive was broken into and entry made in a downstairs loom when a west window was fcirticd open at the home of a neighbor vic morris a futile at tempt to gain entry was made through a back window nothing was reported missing building products in new head office building products ol canada limited the parent company ol micro plastics will move into a new head oil ice in downtown montreal on or about june i the location is ihe ibm huildiiiu a i the southwest corncrol ihe place ville marie complex involved in ihe move are senior officers and management people who have been located in ihe k- al bank building in plate ville marie and managers and their stalls who have been occupying of i ices at ihe ville liasalle plant site divisions concerned are build ing materials pipe and microphis- tics flooring and executive sales the oilier departments involved are financial and accounting em ployee relationspurchasing cen tral cnginccringand coordination aiicl planning the move will provide a more efficient base of all head oil ice j functions with quick access to business contacts adequate scr- i vice lacilities and scope lor ludlir j er expansion staff photo scottish cousin irene campbell in ihe tartan visited the mcgeachie family last week vhile she entertained full houses it fhe royal alex theatre toronto with a touring company from scotland on easter sunday she joined her canadian relatives mrs e w toms of north bay mona mcgeachie jack and jim mcgeachie and their mother mrs- joe mcgea chie full slory page b4 ijiismzl beardmores big ben tannery toots summer hours beginning monday morning the tannery whistle will sound at 725 am and 730 am lor the spring and summer months to indicate the start ol the work day prev iously the whistle sounded at 755 nd 8am tannery employees will begin i heir work day al 730 am and linish a 430 when the whistle will sound again preceded by the usual five minute warning whist le the lamiliar whistle will blow as usual at i ij5 12 noon 1255 and i oclock presently lie working day is 8 am to 5 pm so the hours re main the same nattniw district deputy grand master of wellington district right worshipful brother f g daniells paid a fraternal visit to walker lodge af am monday night left to right are very wor shipful brother herb ritchie worshipful master t s newton worshipful brother myron tyler of lakeland lodge buffalo ddgm f g daniells past ddgm dean leslie and right wor shipful brother dr a j buchanan