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1nl v ht jvtfjcrn mttt ninetysecond yearno 31 1 acton ontario wednesday february 1 1967 authorized u second clan kail by tha port otflee department ottawa twelve pages ten cents o comdhrs cat back roods conv costs the importance of conven tions and who should attend was a hot topic forhalf on county council last week as conflicting committee recom mendations resulted in a dras tic cut in the number author ized to attend the ontario good reads convention in tor onto the road committee had re commended that four memb ers of the committee and the engineer be authorized to at tend the personnel committee r the attendance be limited to the chairman of the road committee and the engineer reeve h merry oakville ex pressed opposition to the per sonnel recommendation as that committees report received first consideration he noted ue entire committee had been attending in the past and he saw no reason to change the habit reeve g gallagher stressed the attendance at conventions was hke going back to school uwentyreeve c menefy of milton suggested the members had allowed the actions of the press to stampede us into what we shouidnmje stamped ed into he was referring to criticism last year of the pre vious years expenditures on conventions and entertain ment deputy reeve f rogers of burlington chairman of the personnel committee suggest ed council shouldnt be wor ried about what was in the press it was wrong he ad mitted however the council had to avoid excessive spend ing arguing be couldnt con done the attendance of five or six at conventions in halifax and saskatoon he maintain ed a defeat on the personnel recommendation limiting at tendance at conventions would be throwing the door wide open reeve g leslie esquesing argued it wasnt the road com mittee that initiated the prac tise he noted m 1959 the whole committee went to the good roads convention in vancouver with their fare paid and 25 a day why cut it out now he wondered in a recorded vote on an amendment to delete the at tendance cut recommendation from the personnel report the motion was lost while it gained a majority of the vote support it did not achieve the three vote plurality required to carry a recorded vote later inthe meeting council authorized the attendance of the assistant engineer and the road foreman at the conven tion in addition to the engineer and committee chairman it was noted the road foreman was to receive a long service award at the event a resolution was also approv ed authorizing all members who wished to attend a one- day seminar scheduled prior to the good roads convention in toronto this move was defended by reeve w hunter georgetown who noted it was a provincial- aysponsored seminar deputy reeve a speight georgetown also endorsed the action sug gesting information gained coufd lie a great help expo officials confirm choraliers july dates marching mothbks monday evening blitz ed the town knocking on doors for annual donations to assist disabled tuesday after noon captains turned in their proceeds jo campaign chairman mrs don van fleet and a total of 72710 was counted out- more don- i waff photo ations are still expected left to right holding canvass bags as mrk van fleet counts out the money are mrs gordon mckeown mrs gerry pargeter mrs lert lovell mrs doug mason and mrs alex waldie it took a trip to expo in montreal to discover the dates the acton legion choraliers will sing there this summer the toronto star can send a man to munich so why not the free press a couple to mont real an enquiry from the amat eur participation office in the headquarters building of expo on st helens island in mont real brought the prompt reply acton choraliers are schedul ed to sing sunday july 2 at 1130 and 3 jo and on monday july 3 at 1 jo and sjo at band- shell b the surprised official thought the group had been in formed and when requested sent a confirming letter which reached director george mus- selle monday morning he informed the choraliers at their practice tuesday even ing that they had been success ful in being accepted on the weekend they wished their or- ginal choice was the 24th of may weekend but this was booked before they received forms they applied asking the first of july or secondly first of septerriber holiday weekend and their first choice was ac cepted although they were not informed officials expressed regret the choir had not learned of the confirmation which expo had listed with 401 amateur groups who will perform at six open air bandshells now under con struction the men can now make ar rangements for holidays and transportation they will be given priority in accommodat ion at whatever price range they indicate they desire of ficials promised thavchorallers have been in c th leueit and had upped fheir practices to two a week in anticipation of the approval of their dates their application was accepted weeks ago and the only thing holding up their planning was which days do we perform their program will be of ab out 40 minutes duration their numbers must be tuneful en gaging and lively they must also be announced in english and french the two official languages of all world fairs or not at all to overcome this problem thechoraliers are hoping to nfiivejean marcoux do their french announcing for them wnile george musselle handles the english mr marcoux has applied for holidays at the same rime about 1000 will be raised soon by the choir to cover new uniforms music and transpor tation the men will look after their own expenses while there and some may combine the choir appearance with family holidays at expo acton citizens band was al so advised to send along a se cond tape of their music for consideration of another panel of judges this will be done for more details of news paper editors tour of expo last friday see the editorials seek hydro utility man approve library lights tenders for janitor service for the new hydro building on alice street ranged from 20 permweek to 250 per month when the bids were opened on thursday night of last week five tenders were received butjkdecisionwasreachecl instead the commission agreed to advertise for a fulltime util ity man to clean offices wash trucks and assist linemen when required during the summer months architect donald skhmer at tended the meeting to explain two change orders from the or iginal contract he informed members a concrete stair and railing and an access door to crawl space n the work area had been included during con struction the commission okayed payment for the chang es hydro workmen will install two outdoor lights for actons centennial library the pro- ject will be hydros donation to the town for the new lib rary it was agreed to overhaul thegmcservice truck to in clude motor and body work superintendent ooug mason was authorized to attend a supervisory safety seminar at the skyline motel in march a progress payment amount ing to 1026664 was authoriz ed for paymenf to whitney construction general contract or for the hydro building gen eral accounts totalling 12000- 67 were also approved for pay ment it was reported during the meeting that drapes and office furniture for the board room had been ordered and would be delivered in the near future in georgetown the town is sponsoring three centennial contests a miss centennial georgetown contest a best beard contest and a camera contest for the best amateur recording of centennial year in georgetown survey finds data on labor acton development commis sion took a census of employ ment in acton compilation of their statistics reveals the fol lowing facta about the town there are 1100 persons re siding in acton and employed in acton there are 460 persons re siding in acton and employed out of town there are 450 persons em ployed in acton and residing out of town aa sign contract no strike now at micro plant a last minute agreement sun day morning staved off a possi ble strike of micro plastics plant workmen andstnew con tract was signed monday even ing expiring october 31 1968 negotiations for a new two- year contract have been under way between union and com pany officials since last octob er but workers rejected a com pany proposal for a sevenday continuous work week on sun day january 15 union memb ers met at the legion hall and voted unanimously in favor of strike action if a conciliation board report was not favor able i company and union offic ials met with dr louis fine chairman of the conciliation board on friday january 13 and the report was received last weekend plant manager john hager- inan informed the free press tuesday of this week the con tract had been signed and ev erything had been settled county council sets pay travel expenses elect 18 directors for fourday centennial fair at annual meeting a bylaw establishing the rates of pay for meetings and expenses for trips and conven tions during 1967 was approv ed last week at the january meeting of walton county council councillors will be paid 20 per day for attendance at coun cil and committee meetings and 20 from thi paid plus registrations and outofpocket expenses for at tending conventions councillors can if desired apply for their per diem fees prior to attending meetings or conventions outside the muni cipality otherwise they will b paid quarterly at the end of march june september and day while absent december the bjtlawtsfipulat- ormal place of res- es onethird of the remunera- eighteen directors were el ected to organize and promote actons centennial fall fair at uie annual meeting of the ag ricultural society on saturday afternoon january 28 h stanley agricultural rep resentative- for halton county congratulated the acton fair board on their recent fair and the work thev were doing in the area he made special j tion is deemed to be for ex penses in carrying out their duties and will be taxfree idence while seating as a dele gate to meetings of municipal organizations as defined in ithe municipal act they will also receive travel ling expenses at 10 cents per fcnuesilia buildina mile for the first 7000 miles ujiuiikj eight cents for the next 7000 miles and seven cents for the mileage over 14000 miles if travelling by train bus or plane the full fare will be tops fa rm values marching mothers blitz on monday mrs don vanfleet chair man of the marching mothers campaign conducted monday night throughout acton report ed tuesday the campaign was quite successful with proceeds totalling 727 10 for the cait vass alone on tuesday afternoon mrs vanfleet entertained area cap tains at her home at which time donations were counted additional returns are expected xo come in from places where residents were not home when the calls were made on mon day envelopes were left at these doors and persons can mail their contributions cards placed in business places will also be collected and dimes left by shoppers will increase the total proceeds from in dustnes are yet to be received last years total was 54000 i esquesing townships resi dential assessment surpassed the farming assessment for the first time in history during 1966 councillors learned last week residential assessment now stands at 4081 per cent of the total with a slight edge on farming assessment at 4027 per cent cent it was reported the township has industrial- commercial assessment stand ing at 1892 per cent as of the end of the year mention of the two very suc cessful 4h clubs sponsored by the society and commended the club leaders nino braida and russell murray for their excellent leadership mr stanley presided when the following were elected to the board of directors for 1967 calvin aitken jack mar shall wfilifier fryer lawrence hemsley kenneth johnston donald matthews gordon harding jas mcculiough kenneth marshall cliff mc kay william nelles wallace swackhamer edward woynar- ski h h hinton russell mur ray melvin mcculiough fred archibald and walter fryer jack marshall president of the society for the past two years reviewed the work and accomplishments during his term of office he noted that the 1966 fait had a record gate and also a record prize money of 4672j5 awarded at he fall fair this amount along with increased operating ex penses accounted for the de- crease in finances at the end of the year mr marshall felt that the in crease in prize money of 1405 over 1965 and the trend to etterqua1ifyexhibitstvasam- ple proof that the society was fulfilling its purpose of pre moting agriculture in the area served by the society he stat ed that in order for acton to continue to have a successful fair the cooperation of all rur- al and urban organizations was required he urged organizations to begin now to make plans to participate in actons centen nial celebratioa to be held in conjunction with the fall fair september 14 to 17 inclusive before vacating the chair for the election of directors mr marshall expressed his appre ciation to all who had helped in any way to make his two years as president a real pleas ure past president calvin aitken moved a vote of thanks to jack marshall for his very capable leadership during his term of office the newly elected president first vicepresident and second vicepresident will be named at the first meeting of the board of directors on febru ary 7 library opening june 3 official opening date for ac tons centennial library has been set for saturday june 3 the day before decoration day actually the library will be open a soon as possible after the trig move from the present crowded quarters in the ym ca building probably early in march presently shelving is being awaited before progress to ward the move can be made meantime the librarians are continuing to pack em in at the old site plunkett report little probability of action reaction unfavorable to plan storm doses schools arena town crews work through night amnouccham was presented r to jim andrews at his last moating as secretary of halton county museum board last week ha is leaving to become assistant clerk of the city of guatph with him are board members george cgrrie reeve of esquesing township and ben case esquesings representa tive on the board er returned with a ven- gence last thursday evening and by friday morning traffic was snarled high school buses halted town workmen work ing around the clock and hor rors to hockey fans an inter mediate game cancelled at the arena high school board trans portation committee chairman duncan moffat notified tyler transportation bus service the roads were treacherous and not to take a chance picking up rural students local students treked to school but by 1 pjm principal e a hansen dismis sed classes t speyswe school pupils at tended classes in the morning but were dismissed shortly af ter lunch public school pupils attend ed classes all day long a hockey game scheduled for friday night with orangeville was cancelled when orange ville became snowbound lights were dimmed in the arena and doors closed for the night duby and his crew were snow- plowing all through the night thursday andjnto friday two front end loaders worked ata rapid pace filling a fleet of jack ridley trucks in order to clear the downtown business section of snow garage owners were busy most of friday starting and towing stalled cars as well as plowing out private ianeways private citizens fought a losing battle in their attempt to shov el walks local police were happy to report no accidents during the storm as motorists who were forced to use their cars drove with caution department of highways plows and sanding crews were out in full force and until the snow began to subside later friday it was touch and go whether the battle of the snow would be won or lost freezing rain covered roads walks fences- and trees with a glare of ice and bad walking conditions remain this week work of snow removal con tinues reaction is generally unfav orable to the twoborough pro posal for halton and peel counties lome dimming special adviser to the municip al affairs department said on tuesday and there is little likelihood of action this year the report of a provincially subsidized review of local gov ernment in the two counties last year recommended replac ing the 19 existing municipal ities with two local govern ments one covering the urban south of the two counties and the other the rural north jn- eluding acton and district tuesday was the last day for submissions to the department from the municipalities involv ed stating their views of tht reports proposals mr cum ming said most of the munici pal councils and school board submitted briefs and most wen against the twoborough pre posal of thomas plunkett th montreal planning consulian whp conducted the review mr cumming said mr plunketts report and the sub missions of the municipalities will have to be given exten sive study by the municipal af fairs department and will also be reviewed by the depart ments of education highways welfare and the attorneygen erals department it would be difficult to pre pare recommendations for pre sentation to this session of the legislature mr cumming said to have recommendations ready for the current session municipal affairs would have to be directed to give top pri ority to the peelhalton situa tion he said and there has been no indication that such direction will be given the peelhalton study is one of three local government re views completed for the pro vince in the past two years otviau don mm haaffuy coub david dills publisher of the acton free press announces the following changes in the administration editorial and advertising staff of the newspaper effective immediately henry deveau has been named accountant for dills printing and publishing co ltd he will relinquish his advertising sales responsibilities with the newspaper to devote full time to his new position don ryder has been appointed advertising and circulation manager of the acton free press he will relinquish his position as news editor and devote full time to advertising and circulation responsibilities hartley coles has been named editor of the acton free press for some years he has been responsible for the papers sports writing he will now assume editorial responsibility for the complete publication a long time employee of the newspaper he is quite familiar with the town and area as well as being a competent reporter and writer n fc