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safe r lift irkkxv i town bell proves pojin report the acton free press wednesday may 24 lvo7 siv h kwvs sw y tyubl avenue is the scene of much of the stages almost ready for occupancy while current construction in lakavlew subdivision others are ust starting to rise end many of the houses are in the finishing staff photo continued from page one applicants the requirement now is for a person io operate the office equipment and act as a shorthand stenographer and typist in spite of the fact that council had no indication of either of the school boards stanclon the report of the con sultative committee on educa tion council approved the re commendations in total with the only opposition coming from councillors tyler and perrv councillor tyler indicated he would like to have some in dication of the attitudes of the two school boards and he was concerned over the small rep resentation acton would have paul mcgeachie receives degree from waterloo at waterloo lutheran univ- esity convocation on monday may 22 the degree of bachelor of arts was conferred on paul mcgeachie son of mr and mrs jack mcgeachie there were 500 graduates in the lar gest graduating class yet from the university which has a student body of 2200 paul martin the secretary of state for external affairs was guest speaker at convocation in kitchener waterloo mem orial auditorium after leaving acton high school paul attended califor nia state polytechnic college on the countv board council- lor perrys objections were on the size of actons represent ation and he felt further study bv council might be advisable councillors have had comp lete reports of the committee for over two weeks it was indicated george town might be the only mun icipality in north halton ob jecting to the recommendat ions of the consultative com mittee and their objection would be based solely on their orientation towards the bram pton influence the committee is continu ing its investigation of the fea sibility of incineration of the garbage mayor duby said council would have to move ahead with garbage consider ations and suggested we per haps have too much concern for pollution he said there was some thought that the 1200foot elevation of acton might reduce some of the air pollution problems all councillors were present with the exception of council lor drinkwalter councillor earl masales conducted the committee of the whole ses sion 19 convictions at court a heavy court docket two motor vehicle accidents two disturbances and six insecure premises were the highlights noted at the acton detach ment from may 14 to 20 inclu sive sixteen occurrences in all excluding six charges 14 warn ings and two accident investi gations nil pursuant to the highway traffic act consum ed the 229 hours worked and 917 miles patrolled by the six man acton detachment resulting investigations saw n stolen blcvcle returned to its rightful owner the disturb ances quelled with charges following and all other occur rences dealt with in a manner satisfacton to the complain ants magistrates court at milton produced 19 convictions in traffic liquor nnd criminal matters punitive measures meted out bv magistrate k m langdon included fines total ling s384s0 plus costs of 98 50 and in one instance on a charge of impaired driving saw a three month licence sus pension added to the fine crime today has become big business with break and en tering far from the least at tractive to the criminal we implore all business managers nnd owners as well as build ing superintendents to assist us in minimizing the ease with which the criminal can jjaln entry io hs objective canadian tattoo at expo 67s automotive sta dium continuous sports ev ents and vivid pageantry from international tournaments to the rcmps music ride will be featured during the six months of the world exhibit ion at montreal canadas arm ed forces will stage the larg est military tattoo in the countrys history in the 25000 seat stadium the renowned gendarmerie francalse will also perform when you need money for the better things spring brings acton 222 county assessment continued trom page one putnble fact that a truly equal- by acton reeve h h hinton ied assessment in the county to have the county adopt the of halton cannot be realized county assessment commls without the countv assessment i sioncrsystcmunderwhichall commissioner and thefull im assessing would be under the plementation of the new de- iocai contractor jack mcmullen heads jen construction which is building five new houses on cobble hill road three of the split cottage type residences are already sold arid mr mcmullen says if there is a demand he will start more when these are finished staff photo county assessment commls slontr rather than as at pre sent under assessors in each municipality was referred to a committee for a further study and report reeve hinton maintained in his resolution it is an inrlli- complain to minister over staff vacancies staff vacancies and admin istration problems in the hal ton region conservation auth ority office have prompted the aujharityto for two years and then water loo lutheran university for the past two years he major ed lb sociology he will take a summer course at the ontario college of education in toronto and then will teach english at or- angeviue high school his guests at graduation were his parents mn and mrs jack mcgeachie john and heather grandmother mrs joseph mcgeachie mr and mrs jim mcgeachie and doug las toronto mrs joe whit- ham miss betty cook and dick barclay two occidents involve the heal people five acton and area resi dents were involved in two ac cidents in the district dunng the past week one man was injured and property damage totalled 650 on saturday a car driven by leslie r carnoohan of 6 john st acton swerved to miss an animal and went out of con trol on 25 stderoad west of highway 25 a passenger peter masales of 16 jeffrey ave re ceived a wrist injury and cuts to his hand sunday on highway 25 near 10 sideroad a threecar pile- up involved cars driven by three actonians charles hig- gins of 17 main st phillip charles marzo of 145 crescent st and harvey douglas tay lor of ra 1 milton ojp p sasd the accident happened as one car attempted to turn and the other two vehicles tried to pass it always on time swiss clocks donated by the watch industry of switzer land will keep the official time at expo 67 in montreal seventy clocks and 12 clock towers at prominent locations on the site win be controlled by a master atomic dock hav ing a precision of onemil lionth of a second per day it will not lose or gain more than one second in 3000 years to minister of energy and re sources management jr sim- monnett the authoritys personnel subcommittee reported to the may executive meeting that there were several problems which they felt could be solv ed by a visit to the minister two summer positions have been eliminated and assistant field officer sandy griswold was suddenly transferred to another office upsetting sever al public relations programs school tours an arbor day program and work on the mountsberg wildlife manage ment program in other business the exe cutive learned negotiations were still continuing with one own er to gain the necessary land for the hilton falls reservoir and dam project approved a new constitu tion which incorporated a new policy of notifying press rep resentatives of both authority andexecmijtfmeetlngs agreed to sell a 150 by 120 foot lot on the a r ser vice property to mr service decided to go ahead with a program to dredge and clean up the campbellville pond gave field officer dave murray permission to purch ase a 35 horsepower motor for an authority boat which will be used in the cleaning and wildlife programs at the new mountsberg reservoir the cost of the motor was 547 noted a suit has been launched against the village of waterdown for nonpayment of authority levies a summer vacation is to be enjoyed dont strain yourself to impress others or to prove you are still the athlete you were at age 20 participate in sports that match your physic al fitness parlmcnt of municipal affairs assessment manual he noted 24 of the provinces 18 counties have adopted this system reeve hinton further maintained unequal ied assess ments between local municipal ities or between counties cause inequities where assessments arc used for cost sharing or de bentures to the suggestion the resolu tion be table i for further study by a committee the acton reeve said he would support this for new members of coun cil but older members had al ready had adequate time for stuoy esqueatng deputy reeve jgeorge curne suggested tio ffc gurcs had been presented to show that equalization was not correct today all municipali ties arc served in an honest and fair way by the present equalization he argued the matter was referred to the assessment finance and welfare committee with the assessor for study 5 k t ask gac international coding the cash you need to enjoy 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other ontario farmers and 10000 from quebec as they protested agricultural policies in a march on ottawa the 47 passenger bus was loaded and there was a wait ing list for seats halton fed eration of agriculture presi dent denzil lawrence told the champion the central meet ing point was the canadian tire store in milton where cars were to be parked to catch the bus the halton farmers were scheduled to arrive in ottawa at approximately 11 am and assemble at major hill park where the brief presented to the government was to be pre sented to the farmers before the march off for the quarter mile walk to parliament hill the quebec fanners were to assemble in hull and march across the border meeting the ontario group for the march on ottawa county group is to be followed by a quebec group mingling the represen tatives from the two provinces various aspects of agricul ture are represented in the protesting marchers from hal ton mr lawrence reported with hog farmers fruit and vegetable farmers dairy farm ers beef farmers mixed farm ers and poultry and egg pro ducers under marshals george pel let teno and denzil lawrence the halton group will hear prime minister lester pearson at 130 and agriculture minis ter j j greene the addresses by the government leaders will be followed by addresses bv president of the three farm or ganizations sponsoring the march before the group boards the bus about 3 pm for the return tnp a supper stop is planned at about 6 pm the halton group will be identified by a banner but no placards are being earned the marchers are protesting a recently announced dairy policy and the lack of a co herent comprehensive long range program for all agricul ture in meimoriam cards in reply to many requests the canadian cancer sociaty has made available in memoriam card which may ba used at the time of a bereavement available at rutaleyshoemaker funeral home or phone 1534150 harold mnny citizens of acton and district are invited to join in decoration day sunday june 4th 3 pm at fairview cemetery parade forms up at 215 pm and leaves from feuows street decoration day sponsored by his worship the mayor and members of trie coun cil of the town of acton the canadian legion womens institutes legion ladies auxiliary acton fire dept duke of devonshire and lakeside chapters i od e acton citizens band l o l 467 acton lions club the rotary club of acton the acton ministerial association and the ys mens club of acton is designed to honor the dead of two world wars by placing wreaths and flowers at fairview cemetery st josephs cemetery and pioneer cemetery citizens are invited to participate in the ceremony and at the same time decorate the graves of their own loved ones counch of the town of acton sura a modern refrigerator will look ws in your kitchen bettor than that it gives you extra dollars on shopping days the large freezer section lets you stock up on food specials and cut down on food costs an automatic defrost or frostfree model will save you 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