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1hi morning aftf one of the worst storms in years bora the scars in misty calm heavy rains and almost continuous lightning lasted most of thursday night keeping firefighters and hydro workers ton red alert left two waterenthusiasts took advantage of flooding in school creek that created a pond back to the flag pole in front of the library centre tyler avenue became a swamp blocking traffic and flooding driveways and basements in the subdivision right light ning struck one of the massive spruce trees on robert little grounds the top half of the tree fell 20 feet narrowly mist ing the corner of the stone school staff photos blackout fires due to lightning floods general fires flooding and washouts lay in the aftermath of a fierce summer storm that lashed the area last thursday evening despite the darkness and downpour flames from the bam of lome masalet lit the sky for hours and the smell of smoke alarmed many in town stock and his entire harvest were lost in the llghlnlngcaused fire in nassagaweya township the bam of lou poclui was razed during the height of the storm lightning was the cause lakeview subdivision quickly begin to revert back to swampland as the storm swept the area ditches were full of rushing water some children even went swimming in them more swimming could have been done in some of the basements the works crew received many calls and they worked on into the night at repairs they set up barricades and began immediately to fill and repair washedout roads three new driveways were washed out the creek which flows along tyler ave washed through a garden taking with it part of a fence some householders even called the fire fighters who had had a busy night themselves asking them to come and pump out their cellars a combination of problem spots all blamed on lightning resulted in the power being off for varying periods in different parts of town at forces a bank of three transformers was hit by lightning three new transformers were installed there that night the fire siren there which had to be operated manually after the blowout was repaired tuesday morning lightning struck the beardmore chimney coming down into the plant and blowing out electrical installations there leaving beardmores acton industrial centre and agnes st in darkness lightning also hit switches at a p green co and ajax engineering repairs kept the hydro department out till 2 am although most power was restored long before the beardmore crew worked at their repairs till 430 am deep puddles on the roads brought cars to damp halts one bad spot was on church st in a road washout the fire truck slid off the road at the masalet barn fire town equipment was brought to ease ll up again a hydro meeting called for the night was soggy the new building leaked as it had never leaked before leaving the new ceiling tiles stained even the ashtrays on the desks were overflowing all the hydro commission did was mop up and pass accounts while the firefighters fought two barn fires some of the georgetown fire brigade came here on standby duty several trees were cut down by lightning bolts a small scale tornado toppled trees in nassagaweya the devastating wind rain and hail storm lashed the ontario scout jamboree at kelso conservation area right at suppertime washing out the campsite and closing the jamboree a dsy and a half early ball games were washed out and the closing program of the daily vacation bible school was cancelled in guelph storm sewers at the bottom of a hill were gushing up like artesian wells an actonian on his way home discovered the highway at one point was eight inches deep in water and passing cars made waves right up over the hoods of stalled cars thunder and brilliant lightning held the centre of the stage for hours the storm sewers emptying into the creek were spouting with all the force of the motordriven water from the dredgers lines alls addition cant be ready after a disappointing delay ontario municipal board final approval for the m z bennett school and robert little resource centre was only received last friday school board secretarytreasurer bui middleton immediately advised the architect donald skinner who informed the contractors workmen are expected to begin u soon as possible but had not arrived at last report although the m z bennett principal hoped to have his new addition in operation after christmas this will be impossible now since the contract time is 24 weeks classes may be able to return to normal by february but till then staggered classes will be in effect mcnally construction georgetown it mzb contractor at 308600 paragon weston was awarded the resource centre contract at ssi 640 both contracts were awarded in midjuly writ mw jm it tow history a portrait draped in black of ukrainian general roman shukhevych and a typewritten declaration of human rights were presented to council tuesday by reeve hinton who had accepted them from the ukrainian youth association the brief ceremony had taken place on the town office steps while mayor duby was away at a convention we do understand accept and appreciate this staled the mayor it will be part of our towns history ttjw jujw sttt tiess ninetyfourth year no 9 acton ontario wednesday august 28 1968 ouw tor ruaun pld in qui ittutonkx twelve pagesten centt clerk administrator takes post in milton shock and dismay followed the surprise reading at council tuesday of a letter of retignation from longtime clerkadministrator jack mcgeachie he becomes clerk of the town of milton monday september 30 his resignation here becomes effective friday september 27 mayor duby after slowly reading the letter as the final item of business said in his nine years on council and six as mayor he had never been as disturbed its been clear how i placed confidence in him the nature of his work caused unfair criticism at timet he has taught me much he hat been our 21 years as clerk mr mcgeachie has been clerk of the town for 21 years he served as secretarytreasurer of the acton public utilities commission until it was disbanded was secretary- treasurer of the phmtftag board and committee of adjustment and north halton urban board he has been active in the community and in church work in milton mrs a brush who has been deputy clerk and treasurer for several years will continue in that position milton has been without a fulltime clerk since 1966 there were 20 applicants for the milton position and five- were interviewed before mr mcgeachie was chosen mr and mrs mcgeachie and family expect to move to milton liaison with the works staff and management our auditors tell me they are amazed every year at the wellrun operation here exploded councillor mckenzie its a shame to lose him when the town is starting to growl weve been penny wise and pound foolish he hasnt been paid for hit experience and knowledge well pay more for a man with half his experience councillor tyler presumed the clerks reason was to better himself and recalled he suggested before that a young man should have been trained in the clerks duties instead a woman had been hired for the office ruefully councillor drinkwaller- observed hes a progressive person and we in this town are not progressive each councillor in turn had sincere words of praise for the clerk after sitting in his usual seat in silence during the comments mr mcgeachie ended the longest meeting of the year jgfcrsflfetw nix subdivision van gils land jack mcgeachie on monday a joint meeting of no 1 committee of council and planning board was held concerning the rezoning of the van gils property as a result council tuesday reiterated its former position that the property not be rezoned to permit a subdivision there a visit to the site brought objections because of nearby industries the railway track rock formations and springs the outlying location was also felt to be unfavorable all students will feel changes new ways of learning three rs with mz bennett and pineview school additions not yet ready and one portable classroom added in nassagaweya no students in the area arc going back to school tues day to fine new classrooms but the physical aspect of education aside all the students will feel the important impact of muchdiscussed changes in the system some of the courses and methods are as shinynew as the floors of the schools will be on tuesday just before nine oclock a moving toward lack of grades in the primary division senior school rotary system in town and a separate senior school in esqucsing introduction of oral french in acton and eramosa public schools expectation of a new school resource centre changes in courses and methodsat the high school all reflect todays new concept of education staggered hours at the mz bennett school mean better accommodation after christmas in town on tuesday over 1500 boys and girls start a new reason of learning a new high of 1700 is expected in esquesing in separate articles for each town school and each township area the free press this week gives a glimpse of the new ways in the new days ahead the joint meeting was most beneficial mayor duby told council tuesday we must decide which way the town intends to grow at the august 19 committee meeting mrs c mathews representing starr real estate and j j gelleny had presented a brief plan of subdivision to councillors asking the changing of zoning from industrial to residential planning board had previously recommended to councilihe change not be granted shortly before midnight by thanking them and assuring them the decision was not made hurriedly an urgent meeting was called for thursday evening to discuss the problem two delegations appealed to council for repairs a group of residents complaining of the drainage problem on cobble hill road included mr and mrs dan porty mrs e cooper price henderson and steve fllsnik water runs down the street and builds up at coopers their observations included the facts the drains dont work properly some have disappeared the cemetery water runs off since it has been levelled and drains are needed there a ditch is required and tile is so badly bent water cant run through it naturally the storm aggravated the alreadyexisting problem the mayor thanked the delegation for bringing the matter to councils attention since this was the first they knew of it except for a call of complaint one of many during the storm thursday residents said they had informed the town men but apparently nothing had been done two representatives of monex construction outlined plans for improved drainage at the new homes councillor drinkwaller said his committee would look over the location come when itt raining the delegation urged as they left art gordon informed council of the road situation at his business cars cant get into his bays and customers arv complaining defending his road committee councillor drinkwaller explained an attempt at repair had been made but mr gordon was not in agreement with the road superintendent he outlined difficulties a special meeting at his store was set for wednesday a contract will be signed with clairson construction co for the construction of a 672538 extension to the towns water pollution control plant only reeve hinton opposed the bylaw authorizing the signing of the contract suggesting the tenders should be called again in a few months and they might be lower mayor duby reminded him of the hydro commistiont experience in this attempt and ccmtinutd on pao i individual progress at r little stressing individual continuous progress the robert little school will see many innovations in education this september the primary rooms formerly grades one two and three will work in groups and students will be promoted during the year as they complete the work there are nine actions now three for each year the junior division of the school will comprise the former grades four five and six beside the remedial teaching done by each teacher mrs mary continued oh pao 7 staggered classes farhlb there will be approximately 47s students an increase of 100 in attendance at mz bennett school this number may increase opening day of these students 8s were transferred from robert little by boundary change this means that until the addition is completed is classrooms will operate in a 12 room school necessitating three cltssrooms operating on staggered hours if the new addition had been completed for september opening u the board had planned accommodation would conlixudd on pagt 7 hs exams reports in changes the acton district high school will open september 3 with an expected enrolment of about 4s0 students of these students 63 will be enrolled in the fiveyear program arts and science branch the remainder will be divided equally between fouryear business and commerce and fouryear arts and science the expected registration by grades is as follows grade 9 134 grade 10 1 10 grade 1 1 100 grade 1 2- 76 grade 13- 30 the total figure represents an cotutd oh peg 7 itm vwubi oumbt muaatou of lol 465 george holme c k brawn and harry bor den shared the honor of cutting the cake to celebrate the 75th anniversary of thai lodge in acton at a meeting in crewsona cbmara hall on tuesday night staff photo