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kpppw during the esquesing nomin ation meeting at stewarttown hall the 100 ratepayers present were surprised when deputy- reeve wilfrid leslie decided to contest the seat of reeve against incumbent george leslie pres ent councillor and veteran cam paigner george currie was the lone contestor for the office of deputy reeve and was acclaimed to office esquesing clerk k c lindsay was named chairman for the ratepayers meeting which fol lowed nominations and he con gratulated council and school board members for their coop eration during the year ratepayers were spared list ening to a lengthy auditors re- tport when copies were distribu ted at the door as well as copies of the township council and school board financial sheets reeve george leslie reported oh county council and informed ratepayers the county debent ure debt was due mainly to hal- ton manor additions he stated the plunkett report was causing much discussion in every mun icipality in halton he review ed road work throughout the township and noted there was still some work to be done the reeve also informed rare- payers that railway crossing signals had been installed at a number of crossings while some others will have signals installed in the hear future or be protect ed with yellow overhead caution ights ratepayer wilfred fortowsky who recently moved into a for mer oneroom school on no 25 highway questioned the reeve about quarry blasting he not ed he had queried several rate payers who were alarmed about damage from quarry blasting i would like to know if coun cil intends to allow more quar ries into the township he ask ed mr leslie wouldnt commit himself to say no but was of the opinion if more quarries ap plied some control would be exercised mr fortowsky stated acton council attempted to protect the public against quarry blast- ing and esquesing appears to oppose the people deputy reeve wilfrid leslie congratulated ratepayers for turning out for the meeting in view of poor weather he told ratenbyers monex would havemto be spent on road im provements and dust conditions he reviewed the past 44 years he has been a member of coun ty council councillor pat patterson in his brief review of the past year covered the tax situation and told ratepayers perhaps an ex tra mill or two should have been added to the tax rate for road improvement he stated the 1966 tax rate was 913 mills as compared to 936 during 1965 the councillor also reviewed the educational problems as he noted the child population was increasing and he anticipated a 13 mill increase for education by 1968 this compares to 104 per farm per year mr patterson was of the opinion the township should have strict zoning and planning control he thanked the admin istration staff for their cooper ation during the past year and told ratepayers he had enjoyed his first year on council acclaimed to the office of reeve for 1967 george currie noted that the present deben ture debt of the county ran close to 16000000 when in 1964 the debenture debt was zero haps this shows steps or progress but i say wc have to be careful where tax money is going ho emphasized councillor tom hill in his re view said he had enjoyed his first year on council and had learned a good deal he noted the road budget should have been increased this year to take care of more repair work mr fortowsky asked the councillor his opinion on quarry blasting and was told that seis mograph tests were being taken to determine the impact of blasts mr hut reminded the rate payer if he had any complaints to bring a petition to council in order to- get some action mr fortowsky stated the people are being hoodwinked no one knows if the seismograph tests work or not the man who took the tests is a company man what can you expect tossing his hat in the town ship political ring for the first time james goodlet promin ent georgetown merchant and resident of esquesing township said he felt new blood in es quesing was a good thing and reminded ratepayers he had pre vious municipal government ex perience in georgetown he agreed the road problem should be looked into early in the spring of the year mr goodlet also was of the opinion the only way increased school cost could be offset was by industrial expansion through- tput the township ratepayer vem barker a raident an no 25 highway noted he was paying in excess of s60o in taxes per year and was of the opinion a zoning by law should be in effect to pro tect homeowners from undesir able buildings adjoining them mr goodlet agreed to this e george bates candidate for council told ratepayers he was comparatively new to the town ship and was a businessman not a councillor it disgusts me to know a person has to have a petition to get anything done he noted there appeared to be two major problems in the township education and com munication if elected i in- tend to do something about a persons right to do something about problems he stated reeve leslie remarked when some people get on council they learn how things are done a person expects council to spend x number of dollars but you can only do so much esques ing township is one of the soundest municipalities in ont ario mr leslie concluded if my ability is not good chough dont vote for me if ypu feel it is then i solicit your vote mr leslie stated in reporting for the school board chairman russell miller noted there had been an in crease in student population re sulting in an increase in teach- v ing staff speyside school addi tion was expected to be ready for occupancy by december 5 mr miller reviewed the plans for a senior school at stewart- town and said this was expect ed to cut costs in the future he noted the education throughout the township was very good trustee william lawson re viewed the teaching staff and noted an increase in staff mem bers was anticipated for 1967 he also informed the people the halton consultative commit- tec was in no way related to the plunkett report trustee chester early report ed on property and transporta tion while dr c a thompson reported on the financial struc ture of the school board miss dorothy stone an es quesing ratepayer complained about road conditions in her area and remarked five years ago i complained and was as sured something would be done uvem7and they arc just ftbyjshe claimed peo- lrmgon no hsidcroad were showered with loose grav el and mud from passing ve hicles she also wondered about the length of time trains were al lowed to block railway cross ings and said she had been held up for 12 minutes with a five car train she also wondered if the increased school population was caused by a natural increase or people moving into the town ship waving an application form for land sale in the air miss stone claimed some of the questions entailed were ridicu lous when a person wished to sell property ed harrop com mittee of adjustment chairman informed miss stone it was an omb form he also noted that esquesing had the lowest tax rate of any municipality in this part of ontario and al though- he would like to sec im proved roads he didnt think the farmers were prepared to pay additional taxes for this pur pose at the conclusion of the meet ing candidates signed qualifica tionforms run for esquesing council spjpp fe w jfs- m fssnbntanib- hhw v2 sffe- bhl flfisw vsag sp buktwvl vnd mm ill p appoint hdlton men to community college e george bates seeks council post james goodlet bids for council seat the hon william g davis minister of education announc ed the appointment of the mem bers of the board of governors for the college of applied arts and technology to be located in halton or peel county ttiose named from halton county include john w ostler president of the canadian meter co milton reeve h h hinton acton h c merry reeve of oakville rev canon j a ml bell headmaster appleby col lege oakville john f kane president of local 90593 of the ocawiu burlington and john c ronson manager the steel co of canada burlington those named from peel coun ty include mrs j c armstrong trustee central peel district tom hill tries for another term c f patterson seeks reelectkm make insole leather from wolfe process iiijhe oct 29 issue of the trade magazine leather and shoes announcement is made of the new tanning method for insole leathers developed by j- w wolfe the technical article describing the process is accom panied by a picture of the form er acton man mr wolfe an oac graduate trained as a chemist under dr paul beer internationally known tanner at beardmore and co a small tannery in newmar ket provided the facilities for developing the process the ar ticle explains a company which will be licensed to produce pers- protan the now tannage pro duct is located in squantum mass high school board of street ville william j kelly depart ment manager canada packers ltd malton j a turner direc tor of education toronto town ship port credit werden leav ens editor of the bolton enter prise bolton and dr d c williams clarkson the inaugural meeting of the board of governors will be held at the mississauga golf and country club next tuesday the primary businessof the meeting will be to assign terms of office elect a chairman and vicechair man and hold orientation ilis cussions education minister davis will attend the meeting also iiuat- tendance will be dr h hkerr chairman of the council of re gents m a sisco director of the applied arts and technology branch of the department of education and members of the ontario council of regents the acton free press thursday december 1 1966 r i on borrowed motorbike wo youths hospitalized a bolton youth handling a borrowed motorbike and his acton companion were both hospitalized with injuries after crashing into a curb and bounc ing into a hydro pole at the queen young street corner sunday afternoon alan villeneuve 18 of bolton told constable peter campbell of the acton ojpjp detachment he was unfamiliar with the bor rowed bike and when he could not find the foot brake which controls the rear wheel he ap plied the hand brake which con trols the front wheel the bike skidded out of control hitting the curb tossing the two youths into the hydro pole dr brian moore attended the two injured youths at the scene and they were taken to guelph general hospitar where it was leaf ned the driver had severely torn ligaments in his left knee bruises and cuts his companion paul carriere 13 of rr 2 acton received a bad contusion to his left shoul- er cuts and bruises after treatment he was released from hospital damage to the motorbike was estimated around 150 criticize continued from page one members of council and 97840 for staff e a convention in fort wil liam for home for the aged of ficials which cost just over 1000 the oakville treasurer check ed into each of the expenditures and found only one he could not justify r 8315 for attending a steam association reunion he noted halton did not have a spe cific bylaw covering all the ex penses but provisions were made in the annual budget for these purposes and the council had approved the budget milton r60v 8783272 ji- thursfftlsat v dec 123 fireball 500 in color frankie avalon annette funicello sport skater datura cartoon pink panzer matinee saturday at 2 pm sunmontueswed dec 4567 0u jogs new tricks fnt offset next week this is likely the last week the free press and milton champion will have this com plexion next week the papers will be printed offset on slightly shinier paper with dif ferent plates ink and press its expected that readers will no tice most difference in the pic tures they will be strikingly improved if all goes well jerry tighe goss company press ereclor from chicago con tinues to train the pressmen in new methods dudley b snape of toronto was assisting in the plate making for the completely new process yesterday and today three pa per rolls weighing half a ton food council forms consumer group in keeping with increased in terest particularly with prob lems of consumer in relation to food merchandising hon wil liam a stewart minister of ag riculture and food announces that the food information pro gram of the ontario food coun cil will be expanded it will become known as the consumer section ontario food council miss ruth moyle bsc will be in charge under the direction of d e williams chairman and general manager of the food council thus consumer activities of the ontario food council wjll be enlarged and extended the in creased program will include a stepup of participation by mem be uf the consu commit- cach were being carefully threaded for tht first time through the intricate webbing and rollers of the new press while beside it the last issues of the two present papers plus another commercial newspaper job came off the 10yearold press necessary concentration of some staff members on learning the new photographic methods cut the numbers working on this weeks paper some of the staff have been burning those midnight candles at both ends staying late and coming early as well as working all weekend a special section next week will describe the process and snow in pictures how the new press operates we hope call acton chamber of commerce dispatch service for your election day transportation contact 8532160 8532280 vote as you like but vote the hill sean james llond connery cartoon goggle fishing bear adult entertainment i thursfrisat dec 8910 hold on in color hermans hermits king of the blades don jackson cartoon professor tom show times weekdays sunday through thursday 8 pjm friday and saturday at 7 and 9 pjf big value in a cu ft 1234 cu ft size storagedoor 77 lb zerozone freezer only 59 high principal popular school candidate grade six seven and eight stu dents at the robert little school will be paralleling the towns election with their own on tues day students are interviewing the candidates and will jnake- speeches on their behalf before the ballots are cast posters went up in the hnlls wednesday plumping for candidates none better known than their own principal g w mckcnzie in the past school election re sults have quite closely coincid ed wiui the final result of the adults decision tee representing the federated womens institutes of ontario and the consumers association ol ontario these members will be utilized in checking compar ative prices merchandising methods centsolf declarations misleading packages grade nam es and standards sizes of con- iainer etc in retail stores across the province the first survey got under way with a food council exhibit on food costs at the 1966 royal agricultural winter fair this included a questionnaire for completion by housewives and shoppers also distribution of a booklet your food costs copies are available from the department upon request modal fdc12j with cyclamatic dafrostlne special with trade terms arranq manning electric 54 mill st e acton ont i 8532950 cup this and save for your shopping convenience fl christmas shopping hours in acton monday reelect wm bill williams to acton council tuesday december 6 1966 vote for industrial expansion v y y y i dec 5 5closed 5 5 dec 12 i 9 pm i dec 19 i 9 pm i 5 dec 26 5 closed tuesday dec 6 6 pm dec 13 9 pm dec 20 9 pm dec 27 6 pm wednesday dec 7 6 pm dec 14 9 pm dec- 21 9 pm dec 28 6 pm thursday dec 1 6 pm dec 8 9 pm dec 15 9 pm dec 22 9 pm dec 29 6 pm friday dec 2 9 pm dec 9 9 pm dec 16 9pm dec 23 9 pm dec 30 9 pm saturday dec 3 6pm j dec 10 6 pm dec 17 i 6 pm dec 24 i 6 pm j dec 31 6 pm how we at canadas first bank put your savings dollars to work in 1966 edward pratt manager acton branch bank of montreal this is a personal report to the customers of my branch describing the- way the bank of montreal employed the money you entrusted to us in i960 at the banks yearend on october 31st 1966 the personal savings off people like yourself amounted to almost half of the total deposits of 4995368152 this figure is anothey record high for canadas first bank in its 149 years of oper ation of that total 3279997060 was on loan to people in all walks of life whats more 906160879 was invested in high- grade government bonds and public securities which have a ready market and 139545596 in other securities mainly shortterm credits to industry yes they were busy dollars those savings dollars of yours they were put right to work to help people improve their standard of living by fi nancing the purchase of cars household goods of all kinds and home improvements and to assist businesses large and small to expand thus em- ploying more people your money went into new industries that created new jobs helped farmers improve both their farms and their way of living constructed new schools and helped students get a better education aided fishermen to increase their catches and their incomes built new roads and highways supported community projects large and small of many kinds your savings dollars worked hard in 1966 hardest of all for you and because they are stead ily accumulating at interest they are building a sound investment for yon and your family towards a better future speaking for canadas first bank may i say thank you for your confidence in the b of m and for the support youre giving us as we work together to build a more prosperous canada bank of montreal shi f t4uul 5w smm4 istlf to assets 5422750494