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the fence ground and themselves whitewashed in playground huckleberry finn day bonus for readers this weeks issue readers will roeolvo a bonus with this weeks issue of the free press in tho shape of an extra section inside the regular edition theres 10 pages of pictures stories advertisements and comments called insight acton inserted at no extra charge conceived as a way of tolling the story of the people who man the industries and keep the wheels turning in acton it falls short of expectations but we hope it gives some inkling of what wo were trying to accomplish our staff went right into the local industries who cooper ated took pictures talked with management and came away with impressions these we put on paper in the form of photographs and words which we hono will gjvo readers somo insight into acton we interviewed people and found thoro were many who uked living hero and werent hesitant about saying so we avoided knockers because it was felt destructive rather than con structive criticism has never added much to tho story of a community for ho purpose of adding spice to the picture of the town and district we even took to the air for some views with a difference staff artist don hayward designed the front page and it gave the staff a chance to experiment with color we hope you like insight acton we realise we barely scratched tho surfaeo of the industrial storlos expansion tho human intorest taking place in acton dally but it was an attompt to chronicle it honestly turn inside you may appear on one of tho pagos zht ninetyfourth year no 4 acton ontario wednesday july 24 1968 twenty eight pages ton cents contracts awarded thursday m z bennett school addition r little new resource centre picket lines around acton post offico havo been orderly with sinkers taking turns march ing up and down in front of the building child drinks varsol treated at hospital peoplo are bolng aslcod to keep barbeeuo lighter fluids and other chemicals out of the reach of children following an incident in glenlea subdivision this week a two and a half year old tot drank some varsol from an un marked bottle lying in a nearby yard she was taken to the acton uedlcal centre where doctors unsure about what she had drunk could not specify treatment fortunatoty contents of the bottle were identified and the child was treated at a cuelph hospital she is being kept in rural delivery rural subscrlborstothoacton free press will receive their copies of this weeks issue in the mall box thanks to an ar rangement made with carriers other subscribers may pick up the paper at dills stationery on mill st hospital for observation but bar ring complications should be re leased soon strike para acton post office employees horo havo boon spoiled off by pickets from toronto hamilton and guolph staff photo lyzes weekend accidents millmain comer saturday at 645 pm two cars were in collision at the mill- main corner when one was mak ing a loft turn the car driven by adolph krans poplar ave received 150 damage and the car driven by anthony borberlch main st rockwood received 100 damage the police esti mated the next day a motorcycle and a car wore in an accident at the same corner at 550 pm the honda driven by thomas pork- ins jr 134 longfleld rd re ceived an estimated sloodamage to the front end and motor the pontlac driven by mike naiare- wlcs martin st toronto received about 10 damage to the front bumper and fender ono postal employoe who has reported for work since the coun trywide postal strike started last thursday has kept acton post office partly open but mall service here has been effective ly cut off plckots from the local chap ter of the canadian union of postal workers have been aug mented with strikers from tor onto hamilton and guolph pat rolling in front of the strikebound federal building here they carr large placards announcing they are out on strike five of the local staff started picketing thursday morning at 6 am the first postal strike over to hit the acton office one member of the local union was sick the first day of the strlkt but has since joined the picket line the one postal clerkuho never applied for union membership lias crossed the picket llneswlth- out interference since the strike began he has been supplied with police protection police here said however the strike has heen exemplary in every way the strikers have been supplied with a list of dos and dont s and are sticking to thim causing no trouble strikers have been furnished wlili a headquarters in a garage at the rear of mrs i algles residence adjacent to the post office well wishers have fur nished them wltheverythlngfrom cigarettes soft drinks and let cream to while away the picket ing duties the public is marly 100 per cent behind us claimid local union chairman auc frank there tiavt lit n some rude re marks passed he said hut the majorln of thi people passing iia t r t iu ou raei nc u ords and many have gifts neither mr frank nor post master gordmckeownwhoalong with postal officer chris brit- ton are required to report for duty in the post office can pro- dlct how long the strike will last both hope normal operations will resume soon sources on both sides of tho dispute the treasury board and the union have said they do not expect any further devel opments until wednesday but a report late tuesday afternoon claimed the union was softening some of its demands for working conditions much criticism has been made here and elsewhere over the slow tempo of negotlatlonshit the chief negotiator warned can adians not to expect miracles treasury board president c m drury is reported to have said there is progress in the sense final government approval for the m z bonnett school and the robert little resource centre will havo to bo picked up in toronto thursday slneo it cant como through the mall public school board secretary billy middloton was assured in bus backs into car a gray coach bus stopped in front of the royal cafe to dis charge passengers backed into a car which had pulled in behind it on sunday at 622 pm a volkswagon station wagon driven by frank marlscak guolph pulled in behind tho bus to lot out a passengor damage to tho front of tho car was re ported by police at 25 the bus driven by philip greaves kitchener was not da maged toronto monday that the approval will be ready then council approval comes next and then tho shovols go into the ground the m z bennett school ex pects a complicated class schedule until about christmas all students slated for tho new addition will start september at tho m z b school in their classes which are to continue through till june hit there will be doubling up and new hours until january tho robert little library is also expected to bo ready about christmas at a special public school board meeting last thursday ovenlng the board architect and that discussions are continuing at least there is intelligent discussion taking place on both sides prime minister pierre tmd- eau affirmed the strike was per fectly legal in an interview prior to leaving on a fishing trip silen cing somo critics who wanted the house to reconvene and pass a back to work order the strike has been causing some inconvenience although some local industries here have managed to keep up communica tions with customers and sup pliers by other methods often ingenious customers in the us for instance are being kept informed by mailing from nearby border cities dr r d buckner honored tonight at musk centre many patients of dr r d buckner and friends of the fam ily will be gathering tonight wednesday at the music centre to honor him and bid them fare well dr and mrs buckner are leaving aclon after 13 years here for a trip to great britain from there they plan to go by banana boat to kingston jam aica where theyll retire in tho sun dr buckner expects to do psychiatric work parttime there after a social hair dinner will be served a plaque will be presented to dr buckner and the evening will end the way they enjoy with scottish dancing over 100 are expected for the evening miiumiiiiujiuiimamnniimmimaiininmm propose 85 acre milton site for regional jail principals opened tenders for the two projocts in oach case the lowest tender was accepted tho m z bennett addition contract goes to mcnally con struction georgetown they quoted 850 and 2750for sodding and paving with a total contract price of 308600 they esti mated work will be finished in 20 woeks there were 12 tenders for the school addition with the last two figures for sodding and paving p and s construction scarborough 321000 950 3800 paragon construction woston 323026 1179 2- 940 a j mccarthy construction milton 325618 88650 1- 925 gorsllno construction cooksville 326470 1216 2140 arch construction toronto 328800 2230 910 d r crawford con striction brampton 330777 1200 3000 colt construction scarbor ough 334532 1250 3b00 field construction toronto 339534 500 2850 r b bayly weston 3405102350 2200 conason construction cooksville 347833 650 2709 wltmor and sons ltd kitchener 362395 1080 340 eight firms tendered for the r l resource centrellbrary con tract was awarded to paragon construction westonat 51640 plus extra for sodding and paving estimated work time was 24 weeks other basic tender prices on the resource centre paragon 51137 d r crawford 53- 417 arch 54900 field con struction 56194 colt55875 r b bayly 59820 mcnally 60000 conason 64498 the meeting was in the robert little staff room architect donald skinner who was present had his office check out the bids technically and they wore found acceptable department of education of ficials said they felt the bid was very satisfactory an 85 acre milton site isbelng proposed for the new regtouol uaplahurst correctional institu tion that will include a detention centre training centre and re formatory for an eventual 460 inmates the self contained site is bounded by highway 401 high way 25 and the cnr bypass it includes 55 acres presently owned by the department of high ways and 30 acres under option from edwin hanop in a hastily arranged meeting of milton council monday upp jim snow explained to councillors hm provincial plan for the site noting its development was very high on the priority list of tho department of correctional ser vices ur snow reviewing earlier proposals for sites on the ninth line and at hornby stressed the need for dependable municipal services he noted the land was part of that to be annexed to ulltan from esoueslng and was adjacent to municipal water the department would be pre pared to negotiate with the town for services including partici pation in the proposed trunk sewer line which will be needed to serve the area the desirability of the site was reviewed by mr snow who noted it had natural boundaries with the highways and railway douglas penfold executive director of the department of correctional services pointed out the average length of stay of an inmate would be nine months were not intending to put dan gerous people here he assur ed members he noted the training centre envisioned would accommodate about e00 the reformatory 200 and the maximum security build ing about 60 the areas would be separated on the grounds the reformatory uould be in an industrial setting that would produce goods for the govern ment as others already do mr penfold explained no farming operation is planned for the area but some market gardening may be done first priority in tho throe phase development program would be the reformatory coun cil was told because it is a koy to other institutional changes in the province mr penfold explained con struction of the reformatory section would permit transfer of inmates from the ulmlco indust rial arm where the land is being sold and plans call for that area to be turned nto a clinic treatment at ulmlco would be for alcoholics certain lasses of sex deviates drug offenders and uauld offer psychiatric care these are presently at mlllbrook near peterborough space vacat ed there will be used as a re gional detention centre for that area the training ceitre one of the phases proposed for the milton location will be for young men who can benefit from trades training we dont intend to house in mates regarded as dangerous here if they do escape they will want to got away from the area he reassured council the proposed site is still sub ject to soli testing and other preliminary investigations in suitability upp jim snow told milton council no predictions were forthcom ing from mr snow or mr pen- fold on when the present halton county jail would be closed it was noted certain changes were being made in the county jail to improve it since the province took over responsibility for justice but it would event ually be closed and prisoners would be accommodated in the new centre ur snow reviewed that the counties of peel and halton had signed an agreement to build a regional detention centre but the assumption by the province of the total cost of justice includ ing jails terminated the agreement the province plans to build about 15 institutions of tho type proposed for the ullton site within the next 15 years one is under construction at nananee no plans have boon developed for the ullton institution briefs acton library is closed for two weeks while the staff has its vacation the new carriage house at halton county museum is open to the public now it was the countys centennial project its the time for visitors and trips let the free press know of these social items for the personals column of course theres no charge