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tough bananas the acton free preis wednesday may 15 1968 post office misses hydro discount its loath hananaa for the post oolca if they cant pay their hydro mil oo time says actons hydro commission following thursday nights meeting the post office has missed its discount for the past two months because of failure to pay its mil within the 10 day period of grace a letter to the com mission complained that because matters must go through various departments 10 days is not enough time they receive add send back their bill byjjujl i cant be responsible for the mail service says udrev urajihart chairman ted tyler sr agreed we have no sympathy for them we treat everybody the sarno if they have a poor system theyll just have to up date it in answer to another complaint that the street lights on elmore drive come on 15 or 20 minute after thoso in the rust of the town doug mason commented i dont know who has cen this but whoever it is ho rrrast of awfully wind mr maoo said he had timed the lights on two occasions and rotordoo a dlffcrenc of from ftve to seven minutes he- fc sutsts from india tar idft malaysia and algeria wore impressed with the variety bf products in micro plastics horo they examine stacks of polyethylene staff photo foreign guests enjoy town life iwemytlve foreign students from malaysia india pakistan algeria and switzerland were weekend guests in acton homes two women clad in traditional indian saris accompanied tholr husbands some of the gnosis were undergraduates and others were graduates of their own national universities taking post graduate courses they were invited hero from the universities of mcmaster guelph and toronto by the united church women under the auspices of the international students club and the foreign relations for overseas studonts under the direction of ucw president mrs g w mckenzle a committee composed of mrs a long mrs t shields mrs h patterson and mrs c l rognvaldson arranged activities to give the students a taste of canadian town life saturday afternoon they obser ved local farm methods and on- joyed donuts and chocolate milk at tho robol farm of mr and mrs ralph denny tours woro arrangod through micro plastics and beardmore and company tho evonlng was spent at the homes of tho various hosts on sunday morning the visitors ac companied tholr hosts to tho united church sorvlco for some it was tho first tlmo inside a christian church a light lunch was served at the church before the guests woro driven back to tholr schools it was an education for both sides the students learned a bit about canadian family life v and hosts learned a bit about them some of the students oppressed horror at tho com mercialization of cows on can adian farms in india cows are sacred and in many cases aro bolter fodthan thd chlldron mr donny did his bust to assure hem that the cows were well treatod and per fectly happy with life in the barn according to mrs dorothy rognvaldson tho studonts thcmsolvos soo mod really pioasod with tholr weokond out of tho city it was a great success and wo would like to do it again another tlmo she added seo plcturos on tho lnsldo paeos best ever band choraliers accordionist present spirited spring concert acton cltiaens band played the best concert ever listen ers enthused after tho concert sunday night in tho high school auditorium about iso enjoyed the fine program of music bandmaster goorge elliott presented the interesting pro gram notes bsforo oach band selection the long wlntors award contract for sidewalks rockwood tho boardof trust ees for the village of rockwood awarded to marshall bros of guelph the contract for the con struction of 4bg running foot of cottcreto sidewalk on the south aide of mary st seven sets of figures ranged all the way from the accopted tender of 1360 to slightly more than double that amount new hydro rates will be in ef- foct on all billing on and after july 1 rate of increase is ap proximately 10 per cent in creases in home cost will range between 80 cunts and 1 per month township and village mill rates have been struck for 18g8 and rockwood residents will enjoy a redu cation of 13 mills due to the fact that recent town hall im provements have been paid for in full next board of trustees mooting will be held on may jb at 730 pm practices showed in tho tech nical ability and fine tone of the players and there was plonty of enthusiastic applause there wore two guest spots on tho programt first was for joe petrlc the popular young accordionist who playod on the trail and gay caballoros with precision and stylo tho acton logion choraliers took over tho platform to slnf four wolluked numbers meet mo tonight in dreamland joshua bolls of st marys and especially for mothers day bloss this house vic patrick made the an nouncements tor the ohorus and tod hansen directed them tholr original loader george mussollc was welcomed to the concert by bandsman bui buch anan a special performance was given by the junior band young boys and girls who have boon taking lossons dr elliott ex plained they played at the christ mas concert and wo hope theyve improved apparently they had done so well at rehearsal that afternoon the were able to play even faster than he had ex- pectod them to reinforced by a couple of sen ior band members they playod skip to my lou chacha and tho mexican clipping song the chacha brought the prem ier performance of a new instru ment which dr elliott had nell anderson present for the au dience to admire a shiny cou bell during the program the band ladles auxiliary served coffee and cookies to the groups at tholr tables throughout tho gym tho band very capably encom passed tho musical demands of tho viscount nelson march a medley from the sound of music a standard band overture cas cades an authentic jazx version of hes got tho whole world in his hands tho sombre hymn eternal father strong to save the 17th century air and trum pet voluntary by honry purcoll an intricate scrios of themes from french ballot popular fronch songs ondlng with ex citing bull fight music and thon a windowshaking rendition of o canada mall on continued from page 1 were only asking you to close off vehicle traffic in front of your store i submit you made a poor choice of words mr tyler told objectors to blocking no 7 highway that kit chener tried the mall for three months closing off no 8 highway this year theyre going for six months surely kitchener wouldnt do it if it wasnt feas ible tho reeve then asked tom manes a member of the delega tion what he thought of the idea mr manes said he saw problems but thought it would be a good idea to try it fred gordon another mill st businessman reminded the meet ing thero were many new people in town who were used to city shopping i know a lot of these people dont come downtown to shop the mall would help toget them downtown even if out of curiosity new residents were coming to his placo maintained the reeve and enjoying it mr gordon said our business has increased too but wed like to see more down town further discussion around the concern of no 2 committee about rerouting traffic and the possib ility of no 7 highway being re routed around acton prompted councillor perry to ask so what theyll shut tho highway off im all mixed up you are mixed upthoroevo said who gets business from through traffic asked mr ty ler closing streets will have an adverse effect on business maintained the reeve i soo no glimmer of hope for the experi ment councillor perrys reply wasnt long in coming usomo- body loses it it will be the businessmen of acton not coun cil if they put the show on the road why dont we get behind them although tho roovo said only m the delegation present ws an indication of those in favdrof the mall mr nlelsonsald tho cham ber had unanimously agroodto try the idea with 11 member- present since no decision was immed iately forthcoming the delegation remained at the meeting until the regular session resumed when after furthor discussion two mo tions passed authorizing die clerk to assist tho c of c both to prepare a ttall and to help with the offstreet parking prob lem mr hlnton and councillor williams opposed the first mo tion tho second passed unan imously a dither motion that council approve a temporary mall on mill st subject to approval from tho department of highways alio passed with only tho reeve op posed the delegation composed of paul nielsen frod gordon tom manes bui wandel pat street mac symon and mr and mrs conoglio plained this by the fact that el more drive is on a different circuit than the rest of town the commission passed a let ter from the town requesting the installation of facilities in the new subdivision along fclmore drive the hydro is awaiting arms for the street lights which are overdue in arriving they arotxpectod to be completed koon after rosldonts move in this week orvlllc btown introduced tho problem of burnt jreos arood street llcllti according to chairman tyler tho bark- o the trees ire burned as wert as tho sections near jhq lights ho suipestoti the cause was poor soij crmdlhoil caroline nirtery isto booonr tacted to see yhat can be done about it on the suggetion of commis sioner will mreacllorn it was agreed to rent out thd newly ac quired ditch witch with itsoper- ator to private individuals tho ditch witch is a dlgfor used in the installation of underground equipment it will tie rented out to thou who wish to improve their underground or clean up their lot provided it is pertain ing to hydro work and does not interfere with regular activity the cost will be minimal chairman tyler commented wo dont want a figure too tough for the people to use it we bought it to help get more underground and it should bo available to the people the ditch witch has already boon promised for use by town departments snoclal mention was made of the fine work horb ritchie has been doing on tho hydro grounds he is a very consclonllous man said chairman tyler we didnt make a mistake there 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