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mill rate soars to 85 fight mill increase blamed on education a light bodgrt he auditor commented but a good budget s atom horn owneis will py egh additional nidi on their liwt 1kb year mrwfthelcti whll indiiuvnl anh commercial rates wdl rjr g 5 mill coiincj ktrutk the lwoate at as mill kit j nl ut and os s coninwul and irtduitrul at hpcd trieelirlg i riday night clinging to a tight budgt which marked last years hare bones figures general fexpchiea to run the town for 1 were calculated at wsflwm receipts ar expected to be sis3h17w leaving sm5i79 60 tht u further reduced by a ptr capita grant of 22si 3 3s which uw 262666 34 lo b liked by taxation education costs for 969 w calculated at s4061 17 63 wf cent of th tat melon while the county ratr dropped 1 1 mills to rak478s6s education rottiii a whopping 45 mills were blamed on dcpartmcrtt of education errors by the county timid of edacatlons adcwnauagaweya representative the general rate30 5 residential and 5 7 commercul was kept the ume while the county rate dropped 1 i nulli budget chairman fteeve i rank oaket told council that the education levy really slapped us down u much to that the budget committee felt they hid to keep the tteneral mill rate llie same a last yeari and they nunged to chut despite the uyuig need for a puhlk wotki program beyond last years the figure which set councillors paring down budged and postponing town unprovemetrts came fioin live 1 01 ton ounty hoard ol i dutation which levied o 45 inceeaie in the null rate ita quite ohvmiut the rive it entirely in the school budget commented the reeve although he tomplained its j difficult pill to swallow and prevent to taxpayer lr oaket uid the budget committee detided to tale caie of the increased school hudget all at imie u it wouldnt have to recur council could expect a certain amount of criticism l k in taxes the hudget chairman thought bul critics will have to he reminded this is not a situation of our nuking one area where taxpayers might feel they can criticize is the bigger problems of public works hut the budget committee feels the increase it all the taxpayers can handle lr lakes uid lunged into dollars and cents the eight mill uicreave meant approximately 40 more taxes for a home owner with a 000 uvcrttmeut or a s32 liike for a 4000asetuniit mayor je tuhy pointed out tlut the tax rehate front the provincial tffveimnenf woujd adequately cover the tax rite clerk je hurst figures the rebate would be approximately js7 this year up from s47 71 m ii6h another possible bright spot for mlepayers could he the sale of townowned land recently annexed from i vqueung several developers are interested in the approximately 10 acre parcel bordering tin mill st and ohbletull kd and inoney from tale of the properly could lighten the ijx burden council it not hanking on the money however preferring to depend on a tjpitul works program to finance piojcclttuch js rud work in lake view subdivision and lower ave jnd church t councillor hill cuts asked if any pet projects had to le left off the general purpove budget to hold the mill rale councillor larl mjuic answered that the general piograin will he debeuluied but there were inadequacies in town equipment which the lean budget would bother the water budget could run into difficulties tlie allowance for road works is alo cut very fine mr matalti admitted mr matties later vaid he hoped people in town would not be confuted about the lack of projects in town in budget figures such as tskeview roads i dont want people to think because an item ts not in tlie budget that h wont be done he said they are com- to be conudered j part of a capital works program at hm as pouihte lie promised f llopet that ih ivler ave drainage project being paid out of current revenue were destroyed by he large levy for education it will lie debentured rather than adding four mills to the current hudpet f oiinul chopped 2 00 fiotn he ritkt ttoafd budget which ciihu oh pag 3 mmt sttt vol 109 no 50 acton ontario wfdnesoav aps 1 1 16 w slut flijvj flfltiii ch board of educatio extends boundaries acton schools additional elementary tchool nupili from biqueting and niuaitiweya will be attending acton tcnools in september according to boundary changei approved by the county board of education on thursday thote included in the move to the town tchooli are the pupili in the eden milli area of nanagaweya on or near highway 7 thu wdl include an eitlmatcd 70 pupils pupili on or near the naaiagaweyaetqueting town line north of no 10 uderoad to no 25 uderoad wdl attend the speytide public school another group of over 100 to attend acton tchooli wdl be reprimanded boyi shooting an air rifle were apprehended by police hut tuetdiy and taken to their parentt for reprimand they had deliberately tliot at and struck another boy riding hu bicycle teenagers find 200 rewarded two acton teenagers are each 10 richer and a georgetown farmer thankful for their honesty this week fourteen yearold robin salt and bob howson both of longfield road found a waller containing s200 in bills on churchill rd last thursday inside along with the money was a invoice showing the wallet belonged to j kiteley of r r 3 georgetown the boys got robins mother mrs alan salt to phone the owner and he identified the wallet u belonging to him ha gave each of the boys a si0 bill as a reward for their honesty mr kiteley had put the wallet in his pocket on his way home from thompson motors when he had his tractor repaired he thinks the wallet must have slipped out of his pocket as a result of the wind whipping his coat and the bouncing of the tractor on churchill rd those in buiueting from the north county line loulh on the seventh line both sides to highway 7 bolh sides west to acton from acton across the no 2s uderoad bolh sides to the nassapweya bsquesing town line and north on the town line to the north county boundary this will include some students who formerly went to a year short ol a century old smith e griffin celebrated his both birthday sunday the erin township resident is a life member of acton agricultural socletvistaff photo umehouse slcwarttown and speyside schools the boundary changes also included the closing of the two room milton heights school and the shift of those 100 students to milton schools the kindergarten pupils at campbellville will be enrolled al brookvillc effective with i lie general changes in september the way the 170plus extra pupils will be accommodated in actons two schools will be determined later letters went home this week to the homes of all pupils who will be affected narcotics investigated r c m p from the narcotics division in hamilton were summoned to acton friday night after local police suspected drug law infringement al the high school while a dance was underway in the school cons mcarthur and farion checked a car in the parking lot they found three boys and one girl in the car and a marijuana cigarette on the ground they smelted a strong sweet odor the four were in interrogated no charges have been laid as yet according lo corp ray mason the investigation is continuing rotary wants old glasses the rotary club of acton is asking for old eyeglasses to send to the underdeveloped countries of the world tlie glasses will be reclassified and redistributed in underdeveloped countries by the missionary optical service anyone with old glasses is asked to leave them at gordons hardware or the bank of montreal in acton anyone with old glasses is asked to leave them at gordon hardware or the bank of montreal in acton esquesing bucks tax increase education burden on landowners lsqucting council is not about to accept proposed i 6 education tax increases without a fight three ears in pileup three people were injured and an almost new car suffered 1 000 damage saturday evening at 7 30 p m when three cars were involved in an accident two cars were stopped on guelph st just west of tolhs garage when a truck came down the road and crashed into one of them driving it forward into the other the driver of the third vehicle was william douglas r r 4 acton the first car to slop was driven by arthur andrews hranulea which had slopped on guelph st to make a turn the passenger chris andrews 4 suffered back and neck injuries the car that slopped behind him was a 1 9t9 lnvoy driven by doriam poloni of milton with only 300 miles on the speedometer it received an estimated si 000 damage in the middle of the pileup the driver and a friend were slightly injured with possible whiplash hollowing the regular meeting in council chambers monday rughl letters of protest are being sent to hducation minister william davis municipal affairs minister darcy mckeough llalton east mil jim snow opposition leaders in the provincial legislature members of the llalton county school board and all municipal councils in llalton the motion came after clerk k c lindsay reported laxes up a total of s204q72 om last year largely due to increases in the education budget under the new county board he went on to cite actual figures on a number of farms and lots in the township under new assessment for u 300 acre farm where total taxes in i96r were si670 54 this years education tax alone is si 8 19 66 an increase of s 1 69 12 over total taxes a year ago on a 100 acre farm total taxes last year were s773 77 this year the education tax alone is s796 25 which is an increase of s22 48 over total taxes last year for a lot with a house of average assessment total taxes last year were j42s 95 tlie education tax alone this year is s4i9 is a difference of s6 80 total taxes in 1969 will be s558 89 or o 31 94 per cent increase over last year quite obviously they are throwing the tax burden on the land owner snapped reeve george currte how long are the people going lo put up with this kind or silliness according to figures compiled by mr lindsay the total taxes for education paid by the various councils in hallon last year were 14947 190 tins year the total levy on llie county is set at 18 435842 on his basis the levy lo lquesmg township would be 812219 or an increase of 21 3 per cent if this were calculated on the basis of county eciualued assessment the levy would be 745643 at this point clerk del french quoted jn article from an area paper which reported mayor m anderson of oakville as refusing to sign by laws accepting the increased taxes levied by the county board of lducation all municipalities arc going hydro awards contract on substation buildup mr and mrs w bauentine celebrate golden anniversary in an effort to nleet increased power needs acton hydro commission awarded a contract of 21350 00 to fcrranti packard company port credit for work on no 2 substation increasing its capacity to 5 000 kva joiccsweanor co port hope was awarded the renovation contract for 9487 construction is to begin this summer bolh expenditures come out of this yeirs hudget of 80822 40 approved during the regular meeting thursday night increasing power demand in acton necessitated immediate action despite plans by beardmorc and co to install a substation of their own ted tyler sr had argued in favor of a llurd station which he felt would be more economical in the long run however he was outvoted on the grounds there is no way of estimating which direction town expansion will lake at the present tune to have lo rise up and get at ihcm boomed councillor tom hill dials the only way we arc going to get anything done councillors questioned to what extent scuools in the township would benefit from the increased taxation according to councillor russell miller there are only 224 new children registered for the fall term which means an 8 31 per cent increase in children of school age he went on to say many residents are annoyed al the manner in which rural schools are being shortclianged by the board in favor of schools in larger centres speaking as a private citrzen don i awson of r r 1 georgetown approached council to ask bluntly if they had accepted or rejected the county education budget a large number of people are waiting to hear he said indicating disapproval of the increase to the taxpayer council withheld an answer but promised to come to a decision by their next meeting should they refuse lo accept it the matter could ultimately and itself in the supreme court of ontario over 200 guests called to bring congratulations saturday afternoon and evening to mr and mrs william bauentine at their home in guelph it was on apnl 16 1919 that the marriage was solemnized of mary myrtle daughter of titos dealing and annie collier and william norman son of thos ballenline and ellen atcheson at the home of the bride in orton ontario rev roscoe smith pastor of the st john united church orton officiated at the ceremony the couple farmed on the ballentine homestead in erin township until 1953 when they retired to acton and in i960 moved to their present home in guelph mr and mrs ballentine had four sons ross acton roy georgetown kenneth deceased in 1967 and leslie in hamilton and ten grandchildren many bouquets and potted plants throughout the rooms made a lovely setting for mr and mrs ballentines 50 anniversary celebration their three sons assisted in receiving the guests and marylane ballentine their granddaughter in a yellow lace stress matching slippers and corsage book looked after the guest in the dining room the lace covered table was centred with yellow roses in a crystal vase flanked by goldcolored candles those pouring tea were mrs grace armstrong london and mrs olive stewart osprlnge mrs lena dearing guelph and mrs mary mccutcheon guelph wlille llieir four daughtersinlaw served the guests a nephew who came from downey california brought orchids from his own back yard others came from detroit manitoulin island london toronto and islington as well as from the community telegrams and letters were received from prime minuter pierre trudeau hon john robarts harry worton mpp paul mercer mayor and john root mjp mr hales and mr and mrs root also called at the home bringing best wishes and congratulations other telegrams came from medicine hat calgary and sudbury on sunday afternoon a family dinner for 28 guests was held at the home of their eldest son rots and peggy in acton mr and mrs william ballentine celebrated thai golden wedding anniversary at their- home in guelph on saturday welcoming over 200 ouast former acton resident the genial couple was also honored at the horn ol their son ross rr 2 acton sunday- staff