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news of the district endurance by walker mayor georgetown eightyyearold charlie burns walked the 30 allies of the recent ovfairi walk scarcely winded not once hot f twice a week before the attain strollbe acddententalfy strolled the entire route bat in ihe wrong jlfroctlon when he found out us route was that trf the offidaljusts its a small day when i dont walk 15 miles thy veteran stroller confessed mr burns has never owned k car obviously wws no need for ooe commenls the georgetown herald georgetowns it man police torca has beep termed two over the stntnfth deeded by sornu councillors mayor joe gibbons defended the forces present strength nd budget as well as ms coancdtre- cord when be was challenged to resign over the issue the mayor said the 17 man force was secessary because the ontario police commission insisted there w one man for every 780 papulation defending attendance at meetings mr gibbons said be had never missed a regular council meeting in seventeen and half years as mayor nor had be ever been late i never saw fit to get up and leave when things got rough either he added reeve hunter said burlington only had one policeman for every 1200 population challenged to answer five questions on the police budget or re sign the mayor stated flatly he wouldnt resign milton kinsmen fold up milton after is years of successful operation in milton during which time members estimate they have raised about 30000 all of which has been poured back into the community in the way of financial assistance to dosens of worthy causes the kinsmen club of milton is surrendering its charter and closing down the clubs operations president dan pegg blamed a lack of membership for the serv ice clubs demise at the present level of active membership the club is no longer in a position to function unfortunately a ready solution to the problem is not apparent he said milton chamber of commerce voted to scrap the store hours bylaw lo halt the dollar drain from the main st business section several members in fact expressed a feeling the day was soon approaching when stores would have to be open six days a week as well as thursday and friday nights chairman of the chamber john bartlett said the need for consist ent store hours is evident five shopping plazas mil with more than 40 stores built withlnisjniles of milton by 1s70 burlington mall is the first of the five complexes it will be open september 10 taxes not as bad as expected fergus the waiting is over and the news about the 1968 tax rate for fergus isnt as bad as people expected reeve w k denny announced that in spite of a 63 mill increase this year on residential taxes for public school supporters the new shelter exemption help from the ontario government will mean that those homeowners with an average assessment of about 3500 will act ually pay about 30 less on their tax bills this year the actual tax rates for 19s8 are public school supporters residential 8950 commercial and industrial 10967 separate school supporters residential 11030 commercial and industrial 12187 last year the rates in the same order were 9320 10170 105 jo 11500 an average householder with a 3500 assessment will have a 22 increase in taxes u of g conducts study in eden mills guelph a 10year study of the earths water resources and their management the international hydrological decade has been commemorated by the issuing of a new postage stamp two projects being conducted by the university of guelphs de partment of agricultural engineering are tied in with the world study r w jrwln associate professor in agricultural engineering explained the experiments one in eden mills and the other near the junctions of highways 8g and 7 the guelph tests are detlgoed to measure the water running off a squaw mile of land that forms a natural wateraned id the agri cultural land north of the city prof irwin said that his department is attempting to measure the chant the amount of water that is discharged from the sur face of me land as it is developed from agricultural to urban in dustrial use data from this teat is expected to prove extremely useful in the oeslga of sewers and gutters for cities of the future and will act as a guideline for all projects involving the general handling of runoh water the eden mills project is a joint venture with the botany and tolls department of the u of g to study both the quantity and qual ity of the blue springs creek wateraned considered to be typical of most rural drainage areas with the ontario water resources commission measuring the quantity of water in wells in the area and the agricultural engin eering department measuring the flow in the creek a true invent ory of both the quantity of water and its rate of removal from the land can be compiled the water quality and the degree of pollution will be determined toround out the complete picture on this watershed the incsrasilanej hydralogictl decade officially launched in ims by the united nations scientific and cultural organluhau is of special concern to canada the country that is estimated to have oneaeventh of the worlds fresh water in her lakes and about a tenth of the world fresh water in her rivers of the world total water supply aa estlmsled 97 per cent is in the form of at water another two per cent 1 immobilised la polar regions and glaciers from the renulntag on per cent tsaa aepeods for hit fresh water the acton free press wednesday may 22 1968 gtj set nassagaweya rate increase 9 to 18 mills foreign students from india look on as frank papillon pieces togothor tho various sections of feather to show from what aroa of the original hide they camo tho students toured micro plastics boardmore andco and a farm whon thoy were in acton gubsts of united church families staff photo sand beach new trails dock rockwood park improvements a record 1968 budget was fin alised last night tuesday by nassagaweya township coundl- lightly chsnged from the fore cast figures printed two weeks ago but still representing a nine to 18 mill increase for township taxpayers this year since earlier budget predict lions of s 10 to 18 mill increase council hss received qmb ap proval tb transfer 15000 from its capital reserve fund o offset increases in genera township expenditures for 1968 major increase in the budget is still attributed tolhe education t costs the township school area board requires 181492 from township ratepayers jits yeirj milton nigh school 69476 and acton high school 19992 other expenses include county 34417 township general 28515 town ship roads 52108 eden mill 1540 csmpbellville 2b01 aclon tire ares 3286 milton fire area 5833 and separate schools 933 total general and roads ex penditures this year were 172 987 with anticipated revenue of 97380 leaving a balance of 75607 lo be raised by taxation the road cost take up 105100 this year the largest single hem in the portion over which he council has control the acton fire area rale is tho only decrease in the townships budgot this year it is down 49 mills from last year ontarios new basic shelter grant will help to offset the tax increase this year it is est imated to be worth 3082 in the milton end of the the town ship and 3051 at the aclon end councillors agreed a letter should go o allctbepayers ex- ahs afjkeildentle ahs afa commercial ahs 4 wfa residential ahs mfa gommerdal mhs mfa residential mos mva commercial mhs afa rsidential mhk t afa commercial campbellvllle pv residential csmpbellville pv commercial eden mills pv residential eden mills pv commercial separate school residential separate school commercial plaining the increase and the shelter grant the following is stable showing the combined rates as they will affect those in the various areas of the township 1967 6222 7055 6097 6930 5cw 6439 5780 6564 5570 6ss4 6491 73j4 5655 6439 1968 increase 7149 1 8056 707 7984 732 8281 7402 8337 1 7167 8l02 7844 8561 7126 8261 927 1001 980 1054 1671 1822 1622 17v3 1597 1748 u53 12j7 m7i 1822 jon hurst electric industrial commercial residential power and lighting installations 24 hour service free estimates with no obligation phone 8532015 rr 4 acton ont a record numbers of visitors is expected this year at the six major recreation areas operated by the grand river conservation authority lake belwood near fergus byng island near durui- vllle lake conestogo new el- mlra elora gorge park at elora plnehurst between gait and paris and rockwood east of guelph tho parks are now open for the summer last year about 2 50000 people visitod the parks and paid 101- 000 in admission and camping fees receipts last year were 25 per cent higher than in 1966 the authority is planning to spend about 280000 onlmprovo- ments to the six parks the beach area al rockwood has been increased in site by about four times with fresh sand and sodded slopes loading to the beach other work in the 15- 000 program lncludos road im provements new trails a dock provisions of water supply to the camping area and reforestation elora gorge park tho most popular of tho six areas will have an 80000 beach house added to existing facilities it will include showers change rooms wash rooms and concussion facilities the beach house will embody a new design which will be used in all future buildings eroctod in authority conservation areas the new design will result in buildings blending into the sur rounding landscape and create an architectural character for authority buildings the beach area at elora will also bo oxtonded and camp area roads will bo surfaced at belwood 10000 will bo spent on road improvements and another 15000 on gonoralwork including hard surfacing of tho boat launching area a new dock and boat launching facilities are under construction at lake conestogo whore 56- 000 is being spent this year re building and surfacing of roads and some reforestation arc also plannod the 54000 oarmarkod for byng island will be spent on im proving the water supply a new footbridge a new concession booth improvements to tho sul phur croekchannelandpurchaso of additional property for future expansion a camp washroom will be built at plnehurst in addition to road and water supply improvements included in the 41000 budget the admission charge to auth ority park areas is 1 a car a seasons permit may be obtained for 10 camping foes are 150 a day plus park admission for your 1001 fix up projects gac international provides funds for fixing or furnishing repair ing or remodeling why wait step in or call we ii pave the may with ready cash aski3 loams up to ssooo i fjanct cjrp ltd 75 mill sllml ptiont 8i3 o 12 mini street sou ib closicit town lmkinslihi cut hitcmcnkh- phont 877 6971 phw7m 1153 a b supermarket 9 mill st acton 8530075 red brand beef calgary oven roast winnipeg pot or oven roast chuck steaks ground chuck presswood compass 1lb pkg sausage 49 lb mequaides 2aie pkg heat ft eat meat pies 4 1 swartz 15oz plastic save 35c pur butter 3 1 robin hood 7lb bag save 8c all purpose flour 79 43 prices effective may 22 23 24 25 libbys 14oz tins sava 33c corn or peas 5 s 1 fep buttered fresh produce daily us no 1 large haads lettuce 2 2 39c us no 1 2lb bag carrots 1 9 libbys 18oz bottles save 15c catchup 259c libbys 20oz tins save 48e crushed pineapple 4 1 nabob mb pkg save 2c coffee 69 jaffa crown 48oz tins save 29c pure unsweetened orange juice 3 1 tree brand 19oz tins save 45c tomatoes 50 proctor and gamble 24oz bohle save 18c ivory liquid detergent 79c aylmer asserted 19oz tins save 10c pie fillers 39c