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education levy up 945 mills zlu tmx jtfb acton v educational mill rate will rise by 945 mill to provide s225363 for elementary school education and j 180 7 54 for secondary and achooli for retarded according to the recently approved budget of the county board of education acton than of the elementary achool costs wu raised from those originally propoted the town was the only north llalton municipality to affected but the increaje of j4977 in acton than resulted in a reapportloainf of coda baied on tbe effects of reassessment in ad other hilton municipalities acton was not reassessed bat year the new sharing ofcodl resulted in reductions te milton of s48jn44nanasaweyi smjoosjetquesing 130532 and georgetown 171013 increases wert absorbed by acton at 4977 oskville up 184457 ipdburlinaton up waj23 1ft kaiilon ne reapportioning reduces an originally poftoted 8 4 mbi increase to 442 the nitiagaweys residents iii the former uiltod district high school area will tee a 1 s i decrease rather than an increase while those bt the acton dittrict high school area will aee a 02 increase eacjoeiinf ratepayer in the acton dittrict high school area will see a 5 65- mill increase thote in the georgetown dittrict area a drop of 266 and thoe in the milton area a 3 06 increate at the three rates are merged thu year for a uniform rate i the tharing of the 132025422 budget was arrived at in march by the board but a subsequent memorandum front the department of education indicated that in municipalities where reassessment had taken place a change in the adiutted rate would be required amngmeftti were made for establishing new equalization factor and it waa on thlt batit the new apportionment wo arrived at any overpayment or underpayment cauted by the change in the adjusted rate will be made up in 1970 the amount to be paid by each municipality for secondary and for public school education it now at follows ninetyfourth yeer no 41 acton ontario wednesday awl 9 ww municipality public acton i 225363 burlington 3870998 esquetlng 490561 georgetown 620597 milton 326849 nattagaweya 156612 oakville 4257593 j9948573 secondary and retarded school s 180754 3554797 341658 500337 251196 187109 3471418 council unhappy over extension to bank sixteen page singlf cqtt 15c aclun councillors generally were unhappy with the decmon of the committee of adjustment in allow ownert of the hank of nova scotia building to extend the preunt building butagieed they would have in abide by the ruling reeve l oakei was the mott vociferous objector in the decision at tuesdays council meeting stating in hit opinion the application should have been 18487269 the effect of reassessment during the put year resulted in the change in apportioning elementary school costs in the initial calculation no provision wti made for this difference the reassessment throughout llalton ranged from a zero increase in acton to a 29 per cen increase in nasugaweya burlington increased through reassessment by four per cent esouetlng by 25 per cent georgetown by 28 per cent milton by 1 2 per cent and oakville by 17 per cent watson blames hike on department errors failure to reassess there are two major factors in the rise in actons educational mill rate trustee tom watson told the free press he pointed out the 94s mill increase is made up of 6 89 at the secondary school level and 256 at the public school level the deficit of 47000 on the acton district high school boards operations indicates the amount that hat lo be raised this year jutt to match last years expenditures the 47000 naturally wasnt reflected in last years levy at the public school level a surplus of 520000 was spent that was not levied for it should be pointed out the deficit at t hi school level waa the result of a miscalculation of 23826 in rants of the department of ducation a further complication was the tuition fees at burlington for 21 students and the board wax not notified they would be attending until after the budget was struck a change in payroll procedures from a i j pay system to a 10 pay system necessitated catching up on 516180 the trustee stressed the oilier major factor the trustee suggested was that acton did not reassess any of its property last year while other municipalities increased as much at 29 per cent this has the effect in thote municipalities of raiting the value of the mill and reducing the number required to meet higher costs nasugaweya he pointr out raised its assessment b per cent and its mill rate in the acton district high school area will increase only 02 mills the actonnastagaweya trustee suggested the mill rate for high school education was low last year at indicated in its application in esquesing the mill rale for the acton area there was 14j4wlulefcrthe georgetown area it was 23 os and for the milton area 1733 this year the rate will be a common 2055 for the three areas the recent increase caused by the reapportionment of new department of education formulas was u result of consideration being given to the reassessment program that took place in the other municipalities throughout the county press secretary of year free press youth bowling council columnist jackie palmer selected at the canadian press secretary ol the year wot prosentod with a plaque at a mammoth victory banquet held in hamilton last night tuesday the vivacious young acton mist a student at acton district high school was chosen from press secretaries alt across canada for the award fred soambati protidont of the canadian bowlers prots association makes the sword miss palmers column appears each week in the free press during the bowling season iphoto by wayne todd garages victims during the early morning of thursday april bui toths shell service station was broken into and some cash laken lntry was gained through a window cons krcsslcr is investigating tins tuesday morning hill thompson reported to the police u different kind ol problem at his service station two tires on a new car and truck had been destroyed by a person using a slurp instrument like a screw driver or ice pick the tires will have to be replaced and the loss is estimated around 550 the malicious damage is still under investigation celebrating her otst birthday on april 3 mrs albert mcculcheon ititl enjoys flood health in her home at 77 young street staff photo grass fires keep brigade busy the annual grass fire season got underway in the acton area last tuesday when volunteer fire fighters were called on to control two separate fires along no s sideroad in inn township hon fires at the home of mr scmma and lylc cripps spread into neighboring fields but were extinguished before damage was done a neighbors fire spread into a vacant lot across irom the ordon thompson farm on k k i acton on sunday the owner is unknown we have always maintained that there should be some restriction on grass fires commented chief mick holmes at the present time you need a permit to hum in town only uc feels now perhaps the air pollution people arc working on a solution churches filled easter services actons churches were filled sunday for i aster services and special services characterized the week previous members ol most of the towns congregation joined tor the holy week services which concluded last ihursday in triiuts a large crowd attended the sunrise service i aster morning at 7 a m on the reservoir at lurried down he lelt the reasons listed for approval were not valid especially the last one which claimed the addition would stimulate business what does tins mean he asked mayor duby admitted he was also peiluibcd but pointed out here had been no opposition from neighbors of the bank he said perhaps ihe committee also was trying lo eliminate some of the decrepit backyard building whnli are eyesores i li c commit lee of adjustment asked for our opinion hut paid no attention to it mused he reeve council opptncd he extension by resolution the committee has he privilege to do it councillor ickcnic replied its something weve got to learn to live with he said similar situations had arisen when he was on the committee several years ago he thought councillors might see ihe decision in a different light if they were on the committee councillor oiv clupman said it was nice to get new assessment but asked what was the use of oiling laws if hey were disregarded the mayor said perhaps council woutd luvc to he more flexible in the future because they would be facing more problems of a similar nature the committee of adjustment approved the rank of nova scotias application to build an extension to within one fool of the rear yard property line at a puniic hearing last week zoning bylaws require a 20 fool rear yard setback man for all seasons 1969 citizen ol year sportsman charlie thomson a man whos ready to hlp with sports at any season was picked as actons citijen of the yeer by the chamber ol commerce chamber president john shsdbolt announced the choice to a surprised charlie at hit rr 2 acton home last week- the citiren of the year dinner will be held on saturday april 20 thlt year and tickets for the event are going last stall photo last meeting churchill followed by breakfast in the united church there were good triday services at the haptist anglican united and roman catholic cluitlhes lilies spring flowers and mums were in piottision in the churches sunday special music had been prepared by- the various choirs 1jst official meeting or not high school board members lucsday werent certain while the county hoards intention had been to phase them out at the end of april they had received no further precise word on their status llicy have been serving as a continuing committee meeting as usual the first tuesday of each month secretarytreasurer wed salt will check out the future of the members he will continue until the end of june limn skerrett will attend a guidance dialogue at the university of ottawa may 12 to 14 there is a special county budget allowance for these courses mr skerrett also sent ihe board a letter reporting on the bus trip to the ontario basketball finals in peterborough he itemized expenses which indicate some 20 remaining plans are being made for an open house with displays at the school april 24 principal hansen reported and the spring field meet will be april 25 principal hansen also reported the four teachers required for next september are all hired now mrs hall man mrs warner mr curtu and mr holmes are leaving he explained two of the newcomers are new to the profession one his been teaching up north and a science head is coming from georgetown boy scouts requested use of the gym for an evening program may 2 since the local board no longer has the authority to grant permission a letter was to b written to the county board recommending the rental various letters to and from the new county board were included in the correspondence dealing with such items as a personnel appointment the ordering of supplies and assessment of property present at the meeting that just mi glu be the last were chairman duncan moffat members kerwin mcphai and chester anderson secretarytreasurer fred salt and principal ted hansen ss dewptf six persons between the ages ol 16 anil 20 were charted saturday night by acton ojpp with drinking under age they were together in one car k headless hockey player who mystified lodges at the achool lea carnival last wednesday turned out to be kevin mercoux carrying a huge puck story end pictures lntldosteh photo 3 rot on friday acton council will hold a special mealing friday night to set the mill rate for 1069 reeve frank oaket chairman ol the budget committee asked council to consider a special meeting to review the budget and set the mill rate soon at last nights regular meeting weary councillors have been cheeking and rechecklng figures at committee meetings but the delay in the education levy has crested a delay in arrjving at a figure dr oekea said council doesnt want to neglect public works in acton this year as some protects are urgently needed if we leave the mill rate much longer the clerk wont be able to handle h the reeve said the town would have to go along with the tentative county rata in order to facilitate the lob of the dark the mayor and council agreed and after discussion arrived at a decision to set the budget friday soaring education figures have alarmed council loveins are a modern development but it isnt often you run into one for cool cats like this four generation group caught by the free press camera at the home of mr and mrs gordon thomson r r 1 acton the three mothers are all related and they each had kittens at approximately the same time readers of the free press may be familiar with the names of the motherly trio through mrs thomsons column the painted box which appear each week grandmother is on the right aptly named cockeyed cat little cat is on the left and tansy is in the middle of the muddleistaff photo