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fear flood ice jam in glen gives esquesing council anxious moments on monday evening esquesing council rushed through theessentlal business at salt regular meeting monday ght so they could view threat ened flood in glen wiujams xounilraelvadseveralp1ive calls rblje they were in session ksldng- them to do something abort an ice jam at the new btwge in the- gfen which already hid backed watar up aroansev oral houses and the angucait church a traditional trouble spot when the credit river starts its spring break up- the glen experienced xt ninetythird yosr no 38 severe flooding last year and residents eared another out break reports came in that do house witbseven children id was isolated which causedrame con cern among councillors espec ially alter a phone call to r hi parker flood coutrol chairman revealed the river was the iruinlr clpalltytf resjtonslbluty are the children lri dangerr asked the ieeve of deputyreeve tom hill a glen resident iii call the meetlngiaff if they are if more ice comes down it coumget serious satdmrhlll if theres none the water will recede- xfwe odld bayegot softie action this afternoon it would have bqeiicleay clerk kx lindsay confirmed thecomntyerwlnooraridthecreiit valley conservation authority had bean contacted mr hill said thefcvca office thought jtfie gion wits on authority flejld offfcer 6tan whites itinerary that day but i didnt seehkm or any one from cvca said the deputyreeve if we can do anything lets do it said the reeve 1 wouldnt go out the re and dyaamiteetonlgnt ip the dark said mr h1il theres one bunk of ice frown on the bed of the river if we could ge rid of thai it would be 411 right mr hill assured mr parker- in acton loovedkfterfloodcoviltol got in touch with hlmbyphooe and came backlto tell council the river was their responsibility jltow himwe were speriainga lot of money 9acentspercapltai for nothing then another phone oalj from- the glen with the information the copper house f a starting to od with water prompted council t6 qntsb proceedlngsahd reconvene at the flood slta the oyjner flf a crane with 4 large jrrecktng ball wiscdotacted andasksd to come in tobreak up the ice jam with a crane tt when qsuncillorsarrivedtathe glen they fodfftt the situation had been exaggerated but potential dangeif existed water backed up by he ice was inundating houses alongside the river as well a the anglican church but it was ob vious if the loa jam could be broken the river woumbecoor tained within its banks the crane arrived and tarbl to work but loaf its wrecking bait ttstarted again tuesday triomrng and around noon the lea jam started to move and th water rejcadadji tbwushipofittclajs wart keep- ing e wary eye on an ice jafp 00 the tenth una this morning wed- nesday but they are optimistic that the river had reached its peak ahd he water wilt recede acton ontario wednesday march 20 1968 sixteen pagos ten cents install new mail boxes in acton post office all ready for april showers is attractive susan ellis in a red and royal blue vinyl rain outfit complete with matching um brella sue is one of many who modelled fashions at rock- wood home and schools fashion show at rockwood cen tennial school thursday ovoning soo the second front for pictures and story staff photo mail dillvery in acton may not become a reality in the near future but the forseeable future could see house to house de livery if prasent expansion of the town eontlnuss two hundred and sixty mora post office boxes were installed in the acton post office last week to handle the increased de mand making a total of 1224 boxes using all the available space postmaster gord mckiown said there must be 2000 deliveries in order for mall de livery to start in a community there are only 1341 deliveries now but many of the boxes have two or three homos using them which would up figures consider ably there were only 18 or 20 of the present boxes vacant many of thorn large office slza when the 260 new boxes wore ordered contractor duncan kingsbury and caretaker goorgo collins instal led them in the last vacancies thursday andfriday of last week mr mckeown said 211 boxes have been rented since the post office moved into now quarters ave years ago this month police attribute rash of accidents to slippery streets carelessness a spate of accidents involving local drivers occurred an acton treats during the past week soma of them caused by bad driving conditions altar the heavy snowfall and fogged windows and others police attribute to care lessness first one occurred on march 13 at 745 am on main st near reliable taxi john bousflelds vehicle was not damaged whllo the car driven by lavorna he- eacherfl rr 1 acton had 75 damage to the right front fender the bousfield vehlclo was southbound on main followed by the mceacbern car constablo n farion investigated fifteen minutes later con stable farion was called to guelph st whore cars driven by george albert maltby rr 2 acton and olo bendt nhson were in collision the maltby vehlclo westbound on guelph stopped for a left band turn police said when the collision occurred maltbys car was damaged to the rear for an esti mated 250 the nllson vehicle received 50 damage to the front end at 605 that evealnga car driv en by alfredo lucorelu of acton was in a crash with a tank truck driven by john george hargrave of acton only 20 damage was reported to the car as both wore backing out of laneways on quean st friday march 15 at 4 pm a two car accident on yonge st caused 275 damage to cars driven by harry oehlrlch acton and chrlstell hlnes the oehl rlch vehlclo with 75 damage to the right rear was stopped wait ing to make a left hand turn onto peel police said when the acci dent occurred the hlnes auto was eastbound constablo a stafford investi gated cars driven by edward kuhn acton and erma jean smyth of toronto were involved ina minor collision saturday at 1230 pm on mill st w there was 50 damage to tho kuhn car and 5 decision in september on county assessment could cancel school carnival future of th9 yoars school ice carnival will hinge on a meeting monday night arena manager harold townsley said this week unless theres mere enthus iasm shown mr townsley pre dicts this years and all sub sequent carnivals will be written off to the right rear of tho smyui vehicle police said mr kuhn was parked on mill facing east and the smyth vehicle backing from a driveway when the collision occurred constable farion investigated the same day at 6 pm cars driven by george young and wil liam e hansen both of acton received 70 damage in a rear- end collision tho young car westbound on mill stopped to nuke a loft turn police said when the crash occurred con stable b kresslor investigated two hours later on churchill rd a car driven by john thomas lazenby of rr 1 acton and another driven by mario annlo couture smashed with tho laz enby vehicle receiving an esti mated 40 damage to tho loft rear police said it was parked on the west side of churchill rd tho other vehicle was being backed out of a driveway constable kresslor investi gated flag train stops short car wreck mrs stanley preston rr 5 rockwood oscapod with arfnor lnjurlos wlion her car hit a patch of ice on highway 7 clipped a hydro pole and then dropped down a 20 foot ombonkmont onto the railway track wost of acton fri day morning a cnr passenger train due to pass through acton at 905 am was flagged down by station agent charlie perry after being noti fied by don tlmmings the car was still on tho tracks the train proceeded slowly andpulled up a few foot from the wrecked car j mrs preston shaken up by tho accident was tho only occu pant in tho vehlclo whon it skid ded and sho lost control coming towards acton the accident happened a short distance wost of the town limits mrs preston was assisted from tho wreck by custom of ficer vlnce montgomery and an- oth3r unidentified motorist con- stablos bruce macarthur and nick farion of acton opp also assisted sho was taken to guelph general hospital north halton opp investi gated the accident contractor duncan kingsbury and caretaker george collins install 260 new letter boxes at the post office the boxes which make a total of 1224 take up all the avail able space postmaster gordon mckeown said nearly all the pot ttsks available ones have been rented in the past few months the new boxes it is hoped will look after needs for some time staff photo build 40 houses in acton the extant of spring residen tial building in acton will likely depend on the amount of mort gage money available the rubin corporation started the final phase of the lakeview subdivision when construction began on a house on elmore drive last week plans are be ing made to erect another 40 houses on the street which ex tends from the top of the sub division to fairy lab parallel to tiday ave providing mortgage money can be procured building permits have also bean procured for three houses in th glettlea area other building will likely be restricted until the addition to the sewage plant is at least en tha way the present plants facilities are taxed handling tb present demand rumors are also rife that the former tony seynuck farm will be developed and the area behind falrvlew cemetery baby dies three injured hi 401 smashup saturday a singlecar smashup on highway 401- early saturday took the life of a ninemonth old baby girl and injured three other parsons one seriously donna daughter of mi and mrs donald luxton downsview was killed wtien the car driven by tier uncle john baker 27 a recommendation toestabush a county assessment commis sioner system for halton was deferred for six months during tuesdays county council meet ing following prolonged dabato an amendment to tho com mittee recommendation called for the deferral and establish ment of a committee of tho heads of all the municipal assessment departments in halton under the county assessor to review tho subjact each municipality currently operates us own assessment de partment under the county assessment commissioner sys tem the county would name a county assessment commis sioner who would be responsible for all the assessment in halton burlington deputy reeve mrs e burke introduced the deferral motion posing a number of ques tions on the system which she felt remained unanswered reeve w coulter of nassaga- weya noted the county had gone through ha same procedure for three years now of stalling he told council department beads had already discussed it and it was now time for the political people to decide if they would establish such a system introduction of the county school board in ims would b difficult the nassagawaya reeve if coma uniform basis of assessment was not ostab- ushed i envision one of the most contentious equalization hearings in the county if the system is not adapted reeve a lodwith milton ex pressed his support for the delay only if a time limit was placed on it mrs burke proposed a six month delay on the decision its not to be implemented until january 1960 whats the hurry sho cded deputy reeve w hoay of nas sagawaya said he would endorse a mealing of county council noting it was the county coun cillors who must make the filial decision the amendment to the report continued on paov s ctixeu of year amur date set who will be actons aext citizen of the year the announcement will bo made in the free press just before the annual dlnnir which is set for saturday april 27 tickets win be available soon from any c of c member the bankofmnlral nielsens clothing store or dills stationery store a hot dinner wtu be served by tho band ladles auxiliary a dance will follow the program stop deteriorat overhaul halton assessments a major overhaul of halton countys assossmont figures will go into effect this fall and the results should bo shdwinu id on tho 1969 tax bills halton county assessor robert 11 beach is directing th- re- assesimun program that is being carried out in each of haltons seven municipalities a two- yoar program to equalize land and building assessments the program his one goal m beach explains to lnsuo that all ratepayers in halton pay tbolr fair share of the cost of operat ing their municipality no mire and iij less tje rapid increase inproporty vahtes in halton over tno past few years has caused a deterior ation of assessments mr belch explain it has become very apparent that equalization throughout thi county aad within etch municipality has bean de teriorating as the market con tinual its climb bo said compounding the problem la the tad the marvat does not al ways chtngo by the same degree in each mu uclpallty or even wit 1 each area of a municipal ity ho says thu even vtkn each class of property resi dential farm ani industrial- commercial the changes have been varied the roasiessmon plan began in october of 1936 when mr beach and the countys seven municipal asses ilag staffs mot and decided to launch a naw equalization program it began with research in sales analysis and sales mzos that lasted through 1967 followed by tho implementation of tho naw as sessments this yir tiis fall property owners will sad a jj- ijrence in tlwlr assessment fig ures and 0 iso j th9y will pay municipal taxes based on the new assessment graduation night for 22 pairs and squares dancers was last thursday turn to pas eight for pictures bu rllngton has experienced ths mest rapid rise in maret val- u3s over the past three years mt beach explained but for tb list two years the town as sessors have been gradtally ad justing their land valu9s to keap th percentage of assessment close to the proper figure one third of tha mar ut vaiua other halton municipalities hive not kept uo with the eiianges bow- evar local assessments ware given a major overhaul in 196163 but with the exception of burlingtons recant changoj uttu olsu has changed since then mr beach has roeommoudjd that eich municipality start a public relations program to in troduced tha changed assass- moiits open houses at the local assessors office viu give tha property omar chance to dis cuss the changes and a note of explanation should be mailed wi each assessmoal aotiee in sept ember ha said i think this will cut down on tha number going to court to protest he concludes of kitchener went out of control in the fog and rain and rolled over after smashing through six guard rails mr baker is in hamilton hospital with critical injuries donald luxton 27 formerly of fergus suffered a broken left leg and an arm fracture his wife joan 25 sustained bead cuts the couples other child dannie two was unhurt according to north halton opp constable a e jordan the baker car was bound for kitchener when it ran into fog and rain at tha oakviue creek bridge west of milton mr luxton a former fergus resldant is the son of tha late rev w g luxton an anglican priest who died while rector of st altons acton disease lurking in georgetown sewage si unlike its sound salmonella is not an imitation fish but tots ease which esquesing councillor pat patterson suspect sludge from tha georgatown sewage plant might be infecting township residents with georgatown is putting sewage on farm lands in esquasing and id like to know whether salmon ella fits into tha situation said mr patterson at mondays meet ing of esquesing council he advocated a check with tha health unit to see u the sludge could be a sanctuary lor tha bugs which cause the illness reeve george curtis nodded his assent and asked the clark to mak a cheek with th health unit many people think they have th u hour flu and it turn out they have salmonella mr pat- tersod eoatinusd if serious inhetiott nervous animals elk dies of broken neck a veterinarian report on on of halton bsglod conservation authoritys dead elk has born out tha earlier theory th animal probably ran into a tree and broke lis neck while running from children who were seen bothering the animal la th en closure near bihusnlke point park camnhtuvlue vat dr cliff youjg did a poet mortals th tenuis elk aad ogcaated la ms report it broke its neck and sub sequently had ofpneumooisfrom exposure th report was read to thursdays meeting of th authority executive committee the department of agricul ture says w have to vaccinas tha alk for tb aad bhoalloai meld omcer dave murray told th executive but w are very reluctant to do this th ok are very nervous animals if thay get too welted thay just drop dead th authority got five elk treaa aa alberta gam preserve la december but two dtedourthf their first two weeks her two of the reauuaiag tan are aj- avalm aad da to calf la tha spring mr murray inaaahii th authority should wait aatil carving urn to vacdaat tha itu siln t iiiiiimaiii bring about tha dasala at mo of the nervous aatmau as la- dlcaied