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tax bills on way education tax relief could affect acton tc bill will be mailed to acton ratepayer today wednesday and much to the chagrin of town father there could be an overievy for education based on the statement of the minister of education the hon william davi to the ontario legislature last thursday it appear acton will be one of the rmjnlcipalitic which will benefit from a subsidy designed to a wist communities where education cost have distorted the mill rat but h could be too late for actart although ihc county bctard of education u unsure about how these subsidies will apply clerkadministrato joe hurst said hb understanding ofche ministers statement could mean an approximate six mill cut in the acton education levy since tax bills are already printed and on their way to ratepayers mr hurst pointed out this could mean an overievy taxes collected for education cannot be directed into another pot and would probably have to be carried over into 1970 the provincial proposal as outlined by the minister provides a special grant to the board to limit the increases in mill rate on provincial equalized assessment in any municipality having a population less than 60000 to one mill of provincial equalized assessment for elementary school purposes and to one mill of provincial equalized assessment for secondary school purposes over the greater of the 1 967 and i 68 mill rates till special grant will apply to an expenditure per pupil for 1 969 up to i is per cent of the expenditure per pupil for 1968 although the effect of limiting the increase to one mill of provincial equalized assessment will vary from place to place in terms of local mill rates on the average the increase in local mill rates will probably vary from two to five mills the department of education will pay a subsidy to the board for the portion of the levy in a municipality above the one mill of provincial equalized assessment or above the average of three to five nulls on local assessment variations will depend on the equalizing factors in each municipality the big reason of course for the large increase in school taxes for acton was the slash in government grants grants for 1968 according to tax bill figures were 451 044 while the 1969 grants were only 291 474 clerk joe hurst points out however that the 1 968 figure is not a true indicator since there were mistakes in grants to acton boards at the department of education he estimates grunts were cut at least 100000 town office employees worked on the 1969 tax bills overjme weekend so they could be mailed out wednesday included with the bill is a supplementary sheet explaining the tax structure in acton mr hurst is also concerned that taxpayers may not understand the provincial residential property tax reduction which was mailed directly to some home owners last year there are changes in this years method of apportioning the rebate which will come directly off taxes instead of being returned to ratepayers by cheque a property ussesscd at 1240 or more will be granted u rebate of 52 70 however multiple dwellings arc levied on the individual assevsments of the units rather than on the total assessment of the building mr hurst explains ttte provincial residential properly las rcduc lion it to he ctmtimieil in i w9 with two nuin amendments one confirms use eligibility of crown properties sshkh doe not apply to the town of alton ami the other introduces a requirement ror a minimum payment of firty per cent of the tascs on each eltsible property nib means that in iwiv ihc amount tiy which the taxc- on any residential properly is to he reduced is the letter of the tw o follow ina amounu ia the amount that is produicd by the application ol the cualucj mill rate to 3000 00 of the assessment or tb onehalf of the municipal taxci levied on the individual property in acton wilh an etiualuing factor of 31 a property aucsicd at si 240 or mora will produce a rebate of 52 70 citizen oif the year charlie thornton and his wife war ejoettt of honor at th chamber of commerce dinner and dance saturday night as mr thomson was picked trow severel nominations to be actons 10th citizen of the yearisteh photo large crowd honors charlie a beaming charlie thomson was in his own words the happiest man in town last saturday night at the music centre when a full house turned out in nil honor for the 10th annual citizen of the year dinner and dance sponsored by acton chamber of commerce following a standing ovation mr citizen 69 was close to breaking down in his acceptance address this is a great honor ljijoo0joo0srihtsj70 s hi lets tftarj 1 1 240 widpeodw a rebate equal lo sraalrrtnl 4uuth acton port revenue at all time high txssbdilt02mevlicidby js5i 000 it 1200 1 a rnttttipb dwells ecr tfmftntcnt erf unit h iuunl separately bnj the rcuf w newliofl hi uvkj cm the individual tonuncrih of the uwlf lllwf ttuthetot10lehibulldin le buiiwlil4rtmnu total atnunml 1400 revenue at the port of acton reached an all timehigh for the year ending match 31 collector there was a record number of entries for the year2900 compered to 2h47 last year wilh total revenue of sj7k0ohkk computed to last yejrslolal of 1355210 ik significant changes in die aclori port which is now under die direct jurisdiction of i ik district fori of toionlo have been touched off by the kennedy round tariffs have dropped from w to six per ent the increasing complexity of grants and rebates jk some hems imported istfcptrtflmnl 2nd kpavtnsent 3ra apartment 4lb apwtincnt l4oojivm00to0osll3 iw0 same 1060- looosmruoo divided by j 1 100 1150 s 85- visodivldejhy 1 total kebare s1 10 j210- s0 44 75 iwju making municipal authorities scratch their heads uiul ratepayers give up completely the provincial government has indicated it will have many of the complexities straightened out next year in education but the province it also heading into regional government which could piodiuc some new kingsized headaches importers ate alio now able 1u gel a remission of duly on luge machinery which has ttepped up the import business plastics and chemical tariffs have also changed signilicaniiy in the last year 0elphin noach holds a calliih exultantly atoll for a parted of admirers including his tooths henry on the right and norman paulsen and orian larsan he caueht the modest in fairy lake saturday morning staff photo nl4yoorrh yaw no 44 acton ontabio wednesday apfill 30 1949 hthtttn risei hftrth omit hit by truck boy 11 dies whits going to happen to the old pott office and the big clock tower which lias been keeping time for acton for over half a century signs posted this week on the mill si landmark proclaimed the building was sold the free press contacted one rf the owners huuneunun ben richhn and he said the building has been sold lo a toronto businessman but he was not at liberty to disclose his name mt richhn admiited he had heard many rumors about the file of the building including one that general motors had bought it he said thai he knew no mote than anyone else about what would happen to the old post office now we are leaving acton people with a timepiece in al condition however mr rachhn said he and coowner george robertson repaired the old clock this week and wound it up a chore which must be performed twice a week on the striker and once on the mechanism we got a great kick looking after it he told hie free press reporter and we couldnt relinquish the building without leaving the clock in al condition gory masters hit by car ctossing young st at 8 35 p in sunday evening gary mastets 15 of macdonald blvd was struck by a car he suffered cuts and abrasions to his scalp and concussion and was taken to hospital drivct ol the car was gerald skitrow r r 4 acton ptlkt gvs shot another incident of shooting witli pellet guns was reported this week to acton o p p minors had aimed directly at a home in lakeview subdivision the police remind parents it is illegal to shoot these guns ui town limits m z bennett school acton took first place in the boys uncjianaed voices choir class et the wednesday teornentokthe hahon music mill rata dawn but nassagaweya taxes up festive they are shown with i ho acton branch bank ol montreal trophy staff photo wlule the mill rate tor i is lower than it was last ycat taxes are up ivnassagaweya township as they are everywhere else owing to a major teasscssment of property values carried out during the past year council approved the 106 expenditures and a complicated series of area mill rates at their meeting last week clerk j c mclntyre tailed it still the best mill rate in the county a ss in every other municipality the costs of education brought about the greatest inctcase in township spending for l69 education will cost nassagaweya s 144540 this year of that figure si sci61 2 is for elementary schools 5187100 for secondary schools and sh2h f icpjratc schools residential and tarm ratepayers will pay a combined mill talc of tot 10 in the acton file atea 6s 42 in the milton fire area commercial rjtepaycrs will face a 7470 null rate in tile acton area 71 112 in the milton area campbellville residential assessments will have a mill rale of 65 51 and the commercial ratepayers 7103 in the tden mills village with street lights the rate is 7110 in the atea without lights it is 67 10 shelter grants in the acton fire atea are expected to reduce taxes by s27h2 and in the milton fire area by s27 46 the swnvx-nvxxxxxn- x mn x and im very proud but you know much of the credit belongs to the children my work with them keeps me young no kidding i love every minute of it he laid a citation by free press editor hartley coles traced the 72year olds life through his early years on the railroad hit service in both world wan and his dedication to minor sports after his retirement in acton chamber of commerce president john shadbolt pastpresident paul nielsen and mayor les duby added their personal dtatioru in explaining how this years choice was made mr sludboli said suggestions were received from the general public and the final decision nude by secret ballots the vote was almost unanimous fpr charlie thomson he said the unpaid unsung volunteer who has done to much with and for our young people mrs shadbolt presented alice thomson with the traditional bouquet of flowers preceding honors to citizen 69 and his wife emcee paul nielsen was presented with the chambers pastpresident plaque grant is worth 2750 in campbellville s24hh in fcden mills clerk mclntyre as an example quoted futures on a better than average farm which would have been assessed at s7500 in i 167 as a tax base lor i06h taxes the farm would have been reassessed at around s500 in l6 for i on taxation meaning a total increase in taxes of about s5 this year he said it was impossible lo quote figures on an average ratepayer because of the wide diversity of taxpayers in the township the following amounts have been levied for tax purposes county purposes s402ik tden mills police village si7k6 campbellville police village 1100 acton fire area 54201 milton fire area 4555 education 34454 mill rales needed lo collect the money include county purposes 5h2 township commercial 4q township residential and farm ill township roads h i tden mills no lights 10 oh tden mills with lights 14 04 campbellville k to acton file atea i mh milton fire area i 00 public elementary education residential and farm 22 16 commercial 24 61 secondary education residential and farm 2b 34 commercial 2 27 elementary separate school education residential and farm 22 16 by his successor john sliadbolt mr shadbolt went on to introduce the new chamber executives in the audience the 160plate smorgasbord dinner and citizen of the year program was followed by a dance towards the end of the evening rev harry dawson walked off wilh the doorprize a fullsize steer skin rug donated by beardmore and company organizers estimated one of the largest crowds in the history of the award attended this years program included in outoftown guests were two of mr thpnuons sitters from toronto stolen brtkhs acton police stopped a car with a tight out on the weekend and incidentally discovered a stock ol stolen goods white questioning the- driver an i rin man was charged with possession ol stolen goods by the acton detachment and with theft by ihc missivsjiiga detachment stolen car on sunday cons dave stafford potlcd a stolen car in town and apprehended the driver a former acton resident i uneral service was held in watcrdnwn on tuesday afternoon for i i yearold gregory unite ljton of r k i moffat who died i nday enroute to hospital after he wj struck hy a small truck near halloo ville greg would have been 1 2 years old on saturday me wax the uin o rev and mn brute ijiton and a grade seven student at hrookville public school several classmates attended hit funeral principal kenneth trowhridge described greg as an excellent student certainly one of the top calibre students the boy had received most of his education in india where his father worked as a missionary for over five years they returned to canada last summer and greg and three of his four brothers and sisters enrolled at hrookville after school on hriday greg is believed to have started walking from the school at brookvillc to a home near haltonville further south on nassagaweya s guelph lane to meet his mother a friend gave him a ride on a bicycle and they laid goodbye lo his friend and darted across the road a northbound halfton truck driven by john carter of grand valley struck him a milton opp spokesman said the driver didnt have a chance to miss the hoy he was rushed by alexander ambulance to milton district hospital where dr i a hunter checked his severe head and chest injuries and ordered him to be transferred to lb mil ton general hospital the boy was dead on arrival it was the second fatal traffic accident in the north hal on area this year whistle horn house monday summer hours start at baardnsofe end co on monday may 6 and the plant whittle whi blow et aim end 4 pm instead ol the usual 8 am end b pm company president norm brelde snnou need last week introduction of the earlier quitting time has proven popular with employe during the spring end summer months the car had been reported stolen pw i u in hamilton of 15 sllle cteg reportedly 720 vehicles checked but no pfflfes removed vwvvvsvxvvxx the acton detachment of the ontario provincial police is proud to announce that after safety checking 120 molnr vehicles mi licence plates have been removed the majority of cais have minor faults but as a title the oualily of cars is better llun last year nine motorists were issued traffic tickets lor highway traffic act infractions and w other drivers were warned fur various minor infractions most of them arising irom the safely lanes the six man detachment worked a total of 210 duly hours while llie cruiser patrolled 6s2 miles of the one doien general occurrences investigated none could be considered very serious liquor violations insecure premises and lost and found property accounted for the majority monday april 21 must have been atonement day in court fotty five convictions were registered for liquor criminal and traffic offences over 1100 in fines and costs wete paid the local detachment of the o ip warns that children on bikes are everywhere these days some of them are experienced safe cyclists but some are nqt give these young inexperienced cyclists the same consideration youd show if one of ihem were your own child always overtake ihem cautiously never startle ihem wilh a sudden blast of your horn and pais them with plenty of room to spare remember your extra care could save a young cyclist from serious injury and life possibly his trained department of transport year with no mechanics checked 120 local cars last week photo results indicate a better overall record then last being removes-