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ftuat ccm4er auxepmt change to plunkett tepeit the release of t j plunketts peel- halton local government review by the minister of munldpauai fairs has gener ated widely divergent opinions by the politicians of the area from the views expressed last thursday evening even before the report had been published it was quite evident the crying towels were going to be needed in great quantity when the report was in these politi cians hands they were not long in jumping into public print with thjtlr con demnations of its recommendations and their suggestion by inference the lack of potential qualifications of the author we were pleased to note that the elected representatives of this area exer cised a good deal of intelligence and were not stampeded into comment on the report before taking the time to thor oughly read and digest its contents that there will be change in the structures and methods of local govern ment is inevitable the basic powers and responsibilities of the countywere set out in the municipal act in 1849 and in the intervening years have not been altered substantially while there have been some modifications and amend- ments the jatftjc responsibilities have not been changed although in some cases they have been extended since 1849 every business and every citizens way of life has vastly changed through increased knowledge gained from experience to suggest that in the intervening 1 1 6 years we have not gain- ectin knowledge sufficiently to devise a better formpf local government in keep ing with todays requirements to us is depressing if alt the accumuldted ex perience of this period has not prepared us to devise a more efficient form of government than that which was requir ed in 1849 therj we had better get back in the buggy whip and square nail bus inesses the fact that thel study was instituted in the first place and the ministers re quest that written comment on it be sub mitted by december 31 1966 indicates there will ibe changes in local govern- -ment- in- peel andhaltonr we are pre- pared to support inprinciple the ealab- lishment of a regional type of govern rneritin this area we fcelievetkat the people of the area will accept and en dorse any change that will provide a more practical and efficient form of local administration we do have some reservation as we are sure many others have in the detail and methods suggested by mr plunkett we hope and there is n suggesrjonto expect otherwise that the representa tives of this area will study the recom mendations in depth and from their knowledge and experience submit to the minister their constructive suggestions to improve mr plunketts recommenda tions the recommendation of the report is that peel and halton be divided into two new counties the division between the two new centres would run horizontally rather than vertically in the county which mr plunkett calls the urban coun ty of mississauga would be burlington oakville streetsville port credit bramp ton bramalea and the township of to ronto this county would be administer- ed bya council of 18 members plus the mayor one board of education of 18 members would administer the school system perhaps the point of greatest interest to this area is the proposed rural county of peelhalton in this county mr plun kett has put everything that was left over in the area he studied the com- munitles of acton milton georgetown bolton and caledon east and llietown- ships of nlassagaweya esquesing chin- guacousy caledon albion arid toronto gore the proposed rural county of peel- halton would be administered under a twotier structure a 14member county council would be made up of one rep resentative elected- from acton three from georgetown two from milton one from bolton one from albion one from caledon and caledon east two from chinguacousy and toronto gore and two from esquesing and nassagaweya plus a mayor elected at large this county council would primarily be responsible for planning roads welfare parks as sessment garbage disposal and debt management the towns of georgetown acton and milton and the village of bolton should be regarded as urban service areas and the rural county of peelhal ton empowered to charter them as such to assign responsibility to an elected pub lic service commission for the local ad ministration of any or all of the follow ing services water supply and distribu tion sewage disposal and collection garbage collection zoning road and street maintenance fire and police pro tection and recreation this second tier of government would be composed of three members education would be ad ministered by a county board of educa tion constituted by the same represen- tation as th county council hydro com- sugar and spice by bill smiliey what do you think of long hair on boys i imagine your answer will de pend on your age and sex if youre a 13yearold girl youll pro bably roll your eyes toward heaven and ejaculate yummy or something of jhat sort if youre a male junior executive in the late twenties youll probably net revolting while secroiiy ish iig you were 10 years younger and couia have a go at it yourself 11 youre a young swinger laleteens earlytwenties your reaction is probably the greatest this group female are lad followers fifteen years ago they wouldnt even look at anybody vho didnt have a crew eut males whose torties are fading along with their own hair will probably grumble what they need is a year in the army females 61 the same vintage are quite likely to eoo its sorla cute really as long as their own young rnale is clean- cut and beardless if youre over 50 you probably look with mild amusement or mild disgust on the current crops of sheepdogs male you know- it doesnt amount to much you remember the flatchested flapper the rumble seat the toon skin coat and a lot of other items- that appalled the oldies of the era personally- i dont agree with any of the above reactions except the last one though i havent yet reached that age group or thatfine plain of tolerance to go back over them long hair is seldom yummy and it is seldom revolt ing though it can be it is not the great est greatest anything a year in the army solves nothing and all sorts of things are sorta cute monkeys baby al ligators infant pigs but lets get down to the principals and the principles in this vorldshaki ing debate many highschool principals react just like the 13yearold sirls above they roll their eyes to heaven when the subject of long hair comes up but they dont ejaculate yummy at least that isnt what it sounds like creep up behind a principal and say even quietly haircuts i guarantee hell jump a foot and a half and turn on vun with a decided tie below his left eyeball a principal confronted by a few snag gles feels exactly like an inspecting briga dier in the army who arrives at c pla toon and fijbds that six of the bodies stiffly at attention are wearing while sneakers jnsyeaq of spit n polish black boots and what about the principles this is what the culprits purpart to defend individualism freedom of expression nonconformity you name it its all the rage these days an i the muddled kids are aided and abetted by parents libe ral thinkers and misguided editors after that comes the emotional hog vah einstein sir john a macdonald jesus would all have to get a haircut if they went to high school today can you imagine christ in a crew- cut he was a conformist in the things that didnt matter an individualist in things that did sir john and einstein had other things on their minds and didnt have time to worry about haircuts but ill bet they didnt spend several hours a day combing and admiring their locks guess i ound like an old fumf but i know- how the kids suffer when the sac rilegious scissors start their desecration i still have a psychic scar because the gernuns made me shave a magnificent beard in prison camp and ill never for get the wave of anguish that swept me the day i stood before a mirror and saw halt of my fine handlebar fighterpilots moustache shaved but there was no go ing back you do look pretty silly in half a missions would be continued in thalr present form a tax rate should be levied for all county services in the case of the urban service areas an additional rate must be levied to cover the cost of locally admin istered services the collection of taxes for all purposes will be undertaken b the county although the rate for tne ur ban service area should be set by the local public service commissioners j provide a close link between county and these local public service commissions it is recommerjed that elections for both the commission and county council be consolidated in other words an individual ihoulcl be required to run for the- dual office of chairman of the public service commission and also as county councillor the rocommended term of office is three years also recommended is pro vision for an executive committee of tlio mayor andtvyo councillors to exercise the duties and responsibilities normally assigned to a board of control under the municipal acl jho khliciyalpflho ad- ministration of justice and the registry office from the jurisdiction of the local government and their transfer to the pro vincial government is also recommended this then is the basic recommenda tion of mr plunkolt it is from this j point our local representatives will start and make their recommendations throughout the report wo detect the lino of reasoning that mr plunkett feels tho rural county of peelhalton is primarily rural or agricultural in character demand ing a limited range of services and the northern municipalities should re tain their present character for some time in the future as it would be imprudent to permit any large scale development in these municipalities it would appear to us that there has not been enough consideration given the boundaries of peelhalton on the south boundary we have milton as a projec tion into mississauga any growth through annoxation in milton would in volve intormgnicipal negotiations which would undoubtedly be very involved no consideration- has been given the area of influence exerted by milton as an ec onomic force on its surrounding district it would appear to us that mr plunkett has been unduly concernoctwilh the re tention of the present northern boun daries of burlington and oakville two alternatives present themselves tho first would naturally be to extend the south ern boundary into burlirtton and oak ville in relation to miltons area of in fluence the second alternative would be to move the southern poolhallon boundary north to 401 highway and in clude milton in mississauga county a similar situation is evident oi pel- hnllons northern boundary where mr plunketts area of study was confined fo haltons northern boundary actons area of influence extends north to encompass a portion of tho present wellington coun ty which could conceivably be cicldod to the proposed poelhallon two other suggestion we expect will receive consider by local rop- resentalivos are the institution ol a two- tier form of and the prosojr vation of the status cuo ot hydro com missioners we can seeno advantage to establishment of local boat dr of com missioners to administer local sorvicos in the urban municipalities thoro is no reason all these functions cannot be handlod by the proposed rural county of poolhalton hydro commissions should bo amalgamated throughout the area for the most efficient use of manpower and equipment even over tho objections of ontario hydro nothing is all bad because it is old and conversely everything now is not perfect however through a blending of their experience and knowledge with the vision and enthusiasm of the fuluro we are convinced our local representa tives will present some sound and rea sonable constructive recommendations to the minister by the december 3 i si dead line warden hinton reports oh atiufif tour in cu tope alter a three week government study lour in furopc haltons warden bert million county clerk garlield brown and burlington deputyreeve frank rogers ar rived back at mallon last thursday just in time for ihe release of the plunkett report regional government was a sub ject of their particular concern in eng land the netherlands germany and scandinavia and they approached the newlyissued report with keen interest referring to the guldcnburg report which reduced 13 toronto municipali not that everybody agreed at ihe si ill iddiit mr million he went with one group to visit ihe borough ol llaniersiuilh which lias ahoui ihe same population as tin- proposed mississauga counlv no employees losl their jobs because ol iinalgamalioii i he re all ihe elected people serve without pay in england even the boroughs are on ihe hi- parlv svstem as are loeil jjovernmcnls in the us germany and sweden where handlebar but lets hear your opinions on boys lows bail write your editor zl -tics- lu si ivatdeirhtrndn said this wotl that while in theus and europe he discovered toronto is highly respected throughout lhesc other countries for the tarseeing change he feels strongly that halton too will have something that is ihe respect of the whole world greater london just recently laced such similar amalgamation when acton england council was abolished in favor of eeling lor instance and the program is working well mr hinton saw there that although small details were both- crsome at fir i parochial reactions will be forgotten this success in england enhanced his interest in tom plunjccttv report al though mr hinton feels it must lie stu died most thoroughly he thinks the re port is an excellent one it would be a real hreak for the taxpayer it might not reduce the budget but youd get far more tor your dollar at the meeting thursday of officials ol halton and peel his reaction had been we should be able lo gel two good councils out of this group ol excellent men here tonight to consolidate many- small boards seems to him a good idea his recommendations the change- would have to be implemented by the provincial government which alter due consideration of the reactions and en suing reports would make it mandatory the councils liuist be elected directly by the people the throe- men from halton were sent as county represejnjajjvejsjothc ontario municipal association government study lour in conduction with the british coun cil which has a courses department and study tour section the county contri buted a part of the cost eighty men all canadians un- lertook ihe light schedule which covered a maximum of ground and topics there was scope for special interest ami warden hinton sought out welfare programs the series of oltiiiil receptions lor the pro began with one at ontario house september 7 discussions and tours ol specific projects began at once and there was little lime for sightseeing or visiting relatives the greater london council the county council for all london showed the government structure there just re cently the number of councils was cut and thii is where the canadians learned uuialaiualiun works hi tc has visited i ttttftk h s unilcsiradic mysell commented mr hinton alton planned subdivision was loin ed and the completely new town ol harlow planned lo relieve the congestion and postwar housing shortage ol lon don he was particularly impressed liv the paths which lake pedestrians salelv under or over the streets september 13 they divided into six and the warden went lo inspect the coun ty and city of bristol the counlv ol glou cestershire and the counlv town glou cester lor three davs bristol is the most advanced area in britain for the comprehensive system of education and there is much oppo sition mere due to tradition si reaming is highly contentious here again thev noticed whil ihe plunkett report recommends for ihe north a twotier government with the county council ejected separately and having the real powers the boroughs electing their own council lor particular needs moiulav the i9ih the group divided in two one section oft to hamburg and stockholm the other u the netherlands and denmark mr hinton was in the first hall who were introduced at once to local government and the role of central go eminent thcv visited a suburban mun icipality outside hamburg planning has produced roads like the spoke of a wheel with railways sub ways satellite towns anil green hells mr hinton loured subsidized housing for ihe aged here as he had done in eng land alter an inspection by held glasses of the eastwest german line with its barren swath ol lamj and pillboxes the group flew to stockholm september 22 the role of central government in relation to local authority came first here again housing was a particular problem with most of ihe properly in the city owned hv the government cost ot home- is prohibitive there arc tuahv huso apait ments that didnt appeal to canadian owners ot private homes the cost of living is high problem of amalgamation is con- lounded by the fact stockholm is the great centre of population the men were impressed by skascn museum uppsala the university town dag hammarskjolds graye in the farri- continued on page b3 20 years ago taken from lie unte of the free press of thursday oelober3rd 1946 trukiees b iriimluy l lovell dr f g cukes and j chapman with chair man g a dills presiding when ihe school board met in regular session on friday evening principal stewart reported there were 115 students enrolled iilthe conti nuation school mr mckenzie reporled the enrolment al thepubllc school was 346 pupils splendid congregations al tended the 102 anniversary services of acton drilled church last sunday dr it b mcclurc and rev g w porter were the guest preachers mr campbell mcarthur of rock wood was guest soloist the choir under ihe direction of mrs- grunt mc donald gave fine nnlhemsv miss elhel franklin was al the orgiui console the iode met al ihe home of mrs clayton with ihe regent mrs mall- hews presiding the annual award lo ihe sliukiil acquiring ihe highest scholastic standing in grade 8 was won ihjs year hy led rachlin large congregation attended ihe 8lsl anniversary services 7i me presbyterian church in roerwiioci on sunday for ihe morning service rev 1 v mills of water loo was special preacher with rev fred williamson conduct inn hie service spe cial numbers by ihe choir were much enjoyed mr shepherd and mr wiggins of ileslon contributed vocal and duet numbers 50 years ago taken from the issue of the free press of october 5 1916 ihe 1 1 ainc is up lor mr alex jaw- lords house on mill st a county battalion auxiliary was or ganized al millou on tuesday lor ihe purpose ol liiilheiing ihe mailer of se curing colors lor the 164 battalion acton was well represented bv mrs torrance ueaidmore mrs c h f smith mrs wy- anl mrs whitman mrs ilavill mis dr mcniven the billowing ollicels were elected lor ihe high school literary society lor ihe year ijifi honorary president prin cipal w ii slewarl president gcurgc anderson vicepresident herbert richie secretary alice inhnslnncjyfdilor olive mowal reporter aniiiomarlin crilic pearl hukr trcasiur violet smith currcifl fvcvns wrhe ross spoiling edi tor harold kcwkkly one day last week dorolhv ihe sev en year old daughter ol j m den ves public school inspector milton was oil her way lo school with her sister u large i mil wagon stood in ihe front of the store ol s r bews main st she started from its rear lo run across the street anil was knocked down by a motor car tliemntle girls head was hurl anil her collar bone broken and one ol her lungs ruplured al lirsl her recovery seimed doubllul but a note to the free press now says she is doing nicely and while not vet out ol danger has splen did prospects lor a complete relovery wouldnt il be worthwhile consider- -iiig- ihe making ol knox street entrance- to exhibition park i motor entrance lor inline lairs this would avoid the con- si ml eleineiil ol danger ol aulos enter ing al ihe congested entrance on park avenue 75 years ago taken from ihe umie of the free pra or thursday october s 1891 the si thomas times says mrs little of aclon widow of the lute mr r little who was public school inspector for hal- ion and one of ihe loremsrjtiicitlonl8ls of ihe province has been in the city dur ing the last lew days her object was- to excite interest in kindergarten work to which she has largely devoted her attent ion since jihe death of hertfushand some years ago mrsrliftlehas been engaged three will a half years in kindergartens of hamilton and now holds a directors certificate qualifying her lo take full charge and i rain assistants beside thin she spent some lime in england examin ing and comparing work hamilton has 12 schools training assistants and teach ing children the reeve and all the members were present at ihe tegular meeting of the council on monday evening clerk moore read the rniniiles ol the previous meeting and they were lonlirincd baliff hern- si reel was present and requested the council either lo put hi a crossing on rtyep sh hen ma ni pive him per- the church of st alban the martyr anglican- coiner willow and st albans drive rev ritchie mcmurray ma stb trinity xviii sunday october 9 lj66 am holv jaichirisi hmd itnchurch school hmo cm matins trinity church the united church of canada minister rev owight i engcl ba bd organist mr gcurgc elliott ma phd sinday october 9 i9b6 chdrcil school churili school juniors up to gr 4 at 10 am seniors gr 5 gr 8 al 1115 am sfrvtces of worship mux i in trinity united nursery pro vided ills aincliurchill churchill rd n sermon subject good talkers t acton baptist church founded 1842 pastor rev stanlcv gammon res 144 tidcy ave ph 8531615 sunday october 9 j6 945 im church school adult class llfo am morning worship the mag netism of christ 71 pm evening service cancelled for hillsburgs anniversary monday mission circle 8 pm wednesday prayer and bible study 730 thursday choir 730 friday bhf 700 adults 815 all visitors welcome to our services doctrines we preach and believe the virgin birth the diety of christ his bodily resurrection the second coming mission lo do so at his own expense the members contended thai it was a had pre cedent lo allow private crossings mr ilemstteei said on iunday the teams were lied across ihe palli the linanrc committee presented iheir i9ih report henderson mkrac and co cretonne lor reading room curtains jv29 i mooie advertising j724 mr daniel graham was appointed truant of- liccr aljing with his inanv other duties mr cy henderson lei l on monday lo lcsuiuomiis studies at toronto univer sity fine fall weather was experienced lor rockwood fair on thursday and friday as a result ihe exihibilion was an iiniisiiarlly successjjij jiflair the acton free press 4h phone 053 2010 buinoos and editorial office i in m7i ii riiiihrd vr itiurmluv a 30 wlllfw hi aui on tario mcmhir nl llu aikiii nurfau of clriiililtiii llm cwna und own a adimtlnliia rt- on rrnifmt hul-rln- lloila payuhlo in adyuiiir mho in cimu 700 in 11 roimlrlea other than canada inirli- ionlim hi- aiihorl1 ftaond cluaa mull pout omr ilrparlinent ot- uwh advi-iumnu- li rplr on l condition unit in llir rvrol of i ynojfrilfih- irnl i rror ill i noitlhi of llir idvertlalnk wpicr o riipled ly lit- roonron morn toll r willi r iiorithl llovanii for ikinlmr- will nt i tlinjnrl for hot llu- ijilmur of llir ft- ritlariiiint wlli he pill i foi rt ihr ppli hr i in thft rwnl of i ivpimphii il iior irivtiflnluif ltooh or ivir t nriii prl sjoodb or wrvlcii inny not im- aold adirrllalna i ommlv l oil- to 1 r ho wmidliw miv till rumlilif-a- br ihr hill itinilin ad ruhikhiiif lid ijiwl ii dhin mmimk kdltnr copyiiiflil idul church notices bethel christian reformed church aclon ontario rev wiebc van dijk phone 8531585 simmv octohik v 1000 am fairish service 2 10 pm dulchserviccr 345 pm sunday school presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev andrew ii mckrnic ba bd minister mr f a hansen b a organist and choir master thanksgiving mnday octobfr itfv 945 alil church school tor ages 1 lo 15 9 45 am teenage church membership class 1100 am thaiksiviii worship theme never mtnd leronc tnosi welcome evangel pentecostal tabernacle paoc 3 churchill road rev s m thomari pastor 8532715 si nday tobfr 1000 am sunday school for all aes 1100 m morning worship service 700 pm mr william felthain of aclon will minister and testify how that alter being an epileptic for 17 years was divinelv healed of god tuesday 8 pm prayer and bible study fhirrsday 8 p in c a service maple avenue baptist church georgetown sundav october 9 19efr 945 ajn sunday schooh 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service wednesday 8 pm prayer meeting acton 8531956 georgetown 877ti