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reeve drink waiter will oppose mayor for office acton will have a three way race for the mayors chair this year from the present council confirming rumors which have been rife through town over the last few weeks both reeve bert hinton and councillor bob drinkwalter indicated at tuesday nights meeting of council they would contest the office of mayor with present incumbent les duby mayor dubyiaid h intended to run reeve hinton made the announcement in the final minutes of tuesdays meeting and an aroundthe table poll conducted by the mayor alio brought councillor dnnkwaliers intentions out none of the other councillors would commit themselves paying tribute to the mayor as a fine christian gentleman reeve hinton said he had no personal problems with him i had to oppose linn because i couldnt continue to differ in policy at the county v it fs a matter of me challenging the business operation of the town the reeve continued i have to have it done the way 1 feel it should be done or let the people of the town decide he the mayor should be unencumbered to pursue his policies mr hinton also said that since the mayors office was the senior position in town and there was a clear election platform he felt the winners general platform should be supported by other members of council mayor duby expressed his pleasure at jhe challenge ive served acton six years without- the support of any vote of the electorate he said although so trie would consider acclamation a vote of confidence the mayor recounted his experience during nine years on council and felt the announcement would make a good election councillor drinkwalter made his announcement in a few words acknowledging he would not run for a councillors chair he said he had been givhig serious consideration to running for the office of mayor aud had decided to do so my policies differ both with mr hinton and the mayors mr drinkwalter revealed only councillor g mckcnle indicated he may not run for office this year ive found the work interesting but demanding he said concluding he would have to think about it more reeve hinton told council his decision to run for mayor would give other mefrtbers of council a chance to upprakc the situation and decide what they personally would do barllar in the meeting the nuyor and reeve clashed over the number and length of enquiries the reeve makes at council meetings mayor duby said he was disturbed hive you had all tliese enquiries or have you solicited them he asked mr hinton i cant fathom it we have a mayor and a town office aud i cant figure out why everybody in town goes to the reeve on my honor replied ihe reeve ive never solicited an enquiry in my life ive lived in acton all my life and never attempted to attract enquiries surely the mayor must hive ht jtttt many more the fact the reeve gets so many complaints conveys the impression the rest of us are not doing our job mayor duby claimed the reeve said at no time had he referred complaints to other than the proper committees of council we dont want the reeve so burdened the mayor cofitinkiedlt creates a different mugr than what you can expert councillor mckenie ended the discussion by- asking fs it because theres an election coming up in a couple of mouths that the lievc gets so many enquiries fi ninety fourth year no 1 1 acton ontario wednesday september ii 1968 a w twonv paaos ton conu acton city 200000 planners say possible cream puffs don t take long to disappear when roger swan and alex carnegie are on ihe groaning board they were among over so boys who attended tho wind up field day trophy presentation and feed for acton minor baseball association saturday story end pic ture inside staff photo car hits mother thou stages repeat police investigated a twocar accident friday at s 30 when two cars were in collision twice the original accident occurred at the mill bower comer when one car ran into the rear of the other then after an argument further down the street one of the cars ran into the other for a second time one car driven by a young woman from guelph had 80 damage to the rear bumper and right door it was stopped at the corner when the first jcodent occurred the second car was driven by an acton man and had 10 damage to the front and rear bumpers council oks cable tv acton council passed a resolution at their tuesday night meeting agreeing in principle with the installation of cable tv in acton reeve hinton explained that the service would guarantee reception regardless of storms and traffic providing there was a satisfactory agreement he felt the facility should be available to all who want it there is a cable tv service in georgetown and attempts are being made to have it installed m- milton the reeve felt that if the opportunity was passed up now another company would not be too anxious to come here deputyreeve oakes revealed that there would be an installation fee of 9 9s for the first tv set and a charge of sb 95 for each additional set cost of the service would be 450 a month or 49 so a year sidewalk sales offer bargains this week the bargains of the year will be available during the biggest sale in actons history beginning tomorrow morning at 9 am sidewalk sales prepared by 20 participating merchants will offer record reduction in prices for local shoppers most of the businessmen taking part in the sidewalk sales have goods to see and they are slashing the prices but a couple of them are real estate agents and its probably against the zoning bylaw to put a house on the sidewalk so they are having pictures and literature in their windows and house shoppers are invited inside the front page of the second section introduces this merchants promotion today all the advertisements which point out the highlights of the sales are concentrated in the second section of todays free press last years old fashioned days sale was a pronounced success both shoppers and sales people were happy with the informal atmosphere the tnendhness and of course the low low prices this years encore performance is again expected to please many actonians this weekend staggered classes worry parents council learns councillor drinkwalter was critical ot the staggered twoclass system in the m z bennett school at tuesdays meeting of councd mr drinkwalter said students were being asked to cram too much into too short a period of time and the ratepayers in the east end of town were perturbed room is available in the other school said mr drinkwalter urging some way to eliminate staggered classes reeve hinton uid it was a school board problem and it was up to them lo luuuic it i disagree said mr drinkwalter some people have seen the school board and were told thats the waj it is and thats the way it stays councillor g mckenzie explained that staggered classes seemed ihe best solution for the problem until the new addition is budt the board had gone into the various angles of the situation however he felt that parents shouldnt be left in the dark and should be informed why the move was made professional planner anil engineers told nninilipjl offtcals that atton could well be a tity of 200000 one day if certain development goal plans were implemented by the provincial government this and other hypothetical proposjls were dangled at an audience of members of council planning board development commission committee of adjustment and the clumber of commerce meeting with central ontario regional development council representatives in the library thursday evening object was to outline the possible effects the recentlydisclosed metropolitan toronto and region transportation study mtaris could have on acton u well as to solicit informed public opinion on the proposals for this area docs acton want to be a dynamic active town asked d j redington or would the people here prefer to have a quiet pleasant place to live a planner with cordc mr redington siad the answers citizens here give on the way they want the town to go will have a great effect on regional planning by the government cordc is working with the provincial government to complete a development plan to bring all regions of ontario to their economic potential thursdays mectingonc of 20 in selected communities in the cordc region was the first and will likely serve as a pilot for future meetings in the other 19 municipalities four members of the cordc team outlined the possible effects implementation of the four goals plans revealed by the provincial government would have on acton those in attendance were given the opportunity to ask questions afterward at the head table were acton mayor les duby chairman of cordc along with philip e wade p eng roy howard fletcher p eng g p branch consultants employed by cordc and the executive director douglas j redington first presentation was made by mr wade who illustrated the four goals plans of the mtarts study with slides and outlined the advantages of each he told the meeting the mtarts study took on added significance tor cordc because boundaries of the areas involved were jlmost the same mr fletchers presentation also illustrated with maps was to show ihe possible effects each of the goals plans would have on acton he predicted the town would have unprecedented no objections station closing correspondence at esquesing councd at their last regular meeting included a letter trom the canadian transport commission asking that any objection to closing acton s cnr station be registered by a certain date deputyreeve tom hill observed theres no use us making any objections to closing acton station council agreed and no action was taken reeve george currie also brought it to councils attention that the c p r also intended to cut off passenger service at the c p r station in mdton growth reflecting the economic market acton has enjoyed a favorable position since ih56 when the railway went through he said referring to the fact the railway could be touchy ground now if development in the next 30 years is orderly he felt the financing could well he looked after locally but if acton grew on a large scale financing of services would be beyond the towns resources which was one of the reasons the government was interested in the reactions mr fletcher said goals plan 1 could mean unprecedented expansion for acton in the next 30 years he predicted the town would follow the magnet of markets in the south west and cast and grow in those directions he foresaw many people living in acton and working in guelph highways from guelph to acton would be widened into multilane corridors to handle large volumes of traffic if goals plan i is introduced acton could be more of a dormitory for the bigger developments of guelph still maintaining its identity mr fletcher continued plan ii would have a similar effect on the town if plan iii is implemented acton would be relegated to a subordinate role remain a small town with little change in the present growth rate plan iv where large satellite cities in guelph orangeville alliston and barrie balance metro toronto would change things greatly mr fletcher said since there would be markets on all sides acton would be an influential community where a population figure as high as 250000 could be possible offers ride an m z bennett school student on her way home from school tuesday was stopped by a man in a car who asked directions then offered a ride the girls parents reported the incident and suspicious details to police who searched for a middleaged man in a yellow car with black lop industry would look after itself mr fletcher contended but the town would build up a mosaic around its houses both speakers admitted their presentations were deliberately provocative so there would be a wide field for the questions which followed chamber of commerce head paul nielsen asked what happens if we refuse to go along with tliese concepts and stay where we aro mr wade felt the government would not set out a rigid plan of development but rather a loose framework where competition and free enterprise would remain basic tenets acton could still become an important town he surmised im concerned said mr nielsen supposing they build a subdivision of 500 homes without industry to balance it are we going to let outside developers disturb the good plan we already have mr wade contended acton could stifle all growth but under the present structure there would still be great pressures continued oh pno sandra binnie graduate nurse sandra binnie daughter of mr and mrs peter binnie acton graduated from guelph general hospital on wednesday september 4 miss binnie attended acton district high school she has taken a position on the staff of the guelph general hospital her parents family and friends attended the graduation ceremonies in the memorial hall university of guelph parent seeks transportation for students to georgetown on behalf of parents of 45 acton boys and girls who are taking vocation classes in georgetown jake van der kooy asked high school boards consideration for bus transportation he attended tuesdays regular meeting in the high school staff room lie explained there is no bus from acton to georgetown at the right time driving his son that morning he had picked up several other boys hitchhiking to school in the fog tom watson explained ted tyler was interested in running a bus for both georgetown and sheridan college students an advertisement appears in this weeks free press mr tyler could take all outoftown students from acton drop off students in georgetown and possibly pick up more georgetown students for sheridan there are about 13 acton students attending sheridan college in brampton mr watson estimated the cost per sludenl would be between 80 cents and 1 a day asked mr van der kooy parents pay taxes why doesnt the board look after this chairman duncan moffat pointed out that under law the board is not required to pay joe hurst appointed new clerk administrator joe t hurst was appointed to succeed jack mcgeachie is clerk administrator at a special session of council wednesday night the resolution put forth by f g oakes and seconded by c w perry was as follows and resolved that we confirm the recommendation of the administrative committee and we appoint j t hurst as clerk administrator of the town of acton effective september 27 1968 with a starting salary of 17200 the resolution passed unanimously after some discussion on the authority of the committee to set a salary schedule for a deputy clerk treasurer it was resolved that the committee hold a special meeting on the issue some council members had felt that the authority should rest with the personnel committee i the town is currently advertising for a deputy clerk treasurer transportation and we have never paid transportation we pay tuition reminded mr watson and thats a lot more he added after this year itll all be paid for within the county i imagine under the new county board of education mr van der kooy thanked the board and left to contact mr tyler two written requests for use of the gym were read micro plastics association sought the gym and home ec room for a christmas party hot dogs and milk would be served to the children the association for the mentally retarded sought the gym for a date in march kerwin mcphail reintroduced the problem of limiting use of the facuities to the public its part of the community the school shouldnt stand idle maybe it should be going every night interjected vice principal bray wed go along with that the boards representative on the interim county committee tom watson predicted that very shortly all the auditoriums will be in use by the general public and even the public and high continued on page 7 seek entries miss atton fair fall fair weekend september 20 to 22 is drawing dose both officials and competitors are preparing for the annual event which draws thousands to the park each september hardworking secretary mrs irene swaclchamer announced this week that mdton girls pipe band will be taking part in the parade deadline for entries for the miss acton fair competition it next wednesday theres an entry form in this weeka paper judging is at the friday night performance the choraltert and joyce carpenter dancers are also on the program an innovation from last year the sunday afternoon interdenominational church service is being repeated