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Industrial park tender awarded Installation of services In the was directed to write to the Industrial park could start any Department or Municipal Affairs day outlining the proposed an Everything Is go as far as of land from the town Is concerned and the township east of Churchill to contract for the work has been the fourth line The department awarded to Construction will be asked to comment on the Company Limited at a tender planning board price of mendatlon family counselling interviews morning Wednesday but clerk will be held In Acton council administrator Hurst said the chamber each Tuesday at contractor was expected to begin ternoon The town has made the very soon tender was si higher than the lowest tender which had been accepted by council subject to concurrence of the engineer A letter from the engineer V Anderson Associates Limited rccom mended the tender and council agreed Hydro workmen will be working In the industrial park after the services are in The first to bo built there Acton Box Co Is proceeding quickly Seek comments Concerning the town a growth room available to the family counselling division of County Social and Family Services following a request by deputy director Vivian Union agreement pitied The union agreement for the town workmen by Tuesday night and the by law passed It s a year s contract retroactive to January l with the Canadian Union of Public Employees There are Increases In all three rates of pay and shift premiums further decisions When councillor asked If the matter of a secretary for the polico office had been reviewed yot councillor Chapman replied Parking space vital to business survival Clerk administrator Joe Hurst will be away four weeks and his holidays Include a week ho dldn t got last year Council granted him his pay and sent along best wishes for happy trip to Mason had said he felt tho Czechoslovakia with Mrs Hi- to visit their son authority in granted to deputy Usher The water pollution control plant will be insured for Total cost was but some of It is Indestructible The bylaw authorizing the borrowing for the water pollution control plant was read twice and forwarded to the for approval One hundred in the shade The Chamber of Commerce will prepare a brief cost of off street parking In the main business section of town Representing the Chamber of Commerce Paul Nielsen and Fred Gordon attended the public works committee meeting of council July and a lengthy in another direction the clerk discussion ensued Sixth Year No Mr said more parking Is needed If the central business area survive and to continue to provide the town with business and commercial revenue It Is Imperative that steps be taken for future parking the representatives stressed They specifically asked council to establish a parking authority ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JULY Arena rep sin repairs to the arena wilt be the subject of a Joint meeting Tuesday July 28 of council parka and recreation committee the consulting engineers and contractor Councillor Marks explained the recreation committee had as far as it could with tenders and recommendations for the arena repairs and sought a meeting for Ira Hunt Councillor Marks felt the men lime could be better spent than doing secretarial work In office Conference Mayor authorized to attend a Regional Development Conference In Toronto at the end of August on the Implementation of regional government plans but discussion arose on the subject of other councillors attending as well Councillor Peter Marks felt tho others should not receive the per diem rate If they attended while the other councillors felt thoy should well expenses If a man goes he should be paid deputy reovo Tyler felt He bo out of pocket losing a day a work Others also ex plained tholr point of view to Mr Marks who unconvinced voted against the motion Conn UNDAUNTED BY AN early morning drizzle Acton oldest Orangeman C Browne posed with his wife Doris Worshipful Master Danny Holmes Acton and young Glen Fryer before driving to the cenotaph to lay a wreath Saturday Mr Browne who celebrated his 100th birthday Juno rode at the head of the district parade In ridge under sunnier skies In the afternoon Young Glen Is the son of Wellington hi County Lodge Master Norman Fryer and Mrs Fryer former Staff Photo PRIZES FOR the funniest costumes at Dennis Manes Janet Roach and Chris last Thursday Acton Playground hobo Swetman Mark and Paul shared ffrst day went to front row I to r Mark prize while Chris won second Janet Bray and Paul Bray Back row I to r third and Dennis fourth Staff Photo New hydro rates August union contract approved RCMP suspect The It are In vestlgsting the case of an Acton youth who found to be In possession of what was believed to be drugs tut Friday evening at 10 30 Cons tartan and Cons llslnes checked the youth and then turned the case over to Cons Pratt of the Kitchener It He la continuing the Investigation MOO theft arena booth A theft at Acton arena was reported Friday morning to Acton police by Don Price Apparently during the night ana cigarettes were token from the booth Cons Wood Investigated and there was no sign of forced entry Fingerprints were taken by the identification officer of the O P and the investigation Is continuing No injuries No Injuries were reported by Milton OPP when cars driven by Acton and Port Credit drivers collided on Seventh Line Just north of Highway 7 at Silvcrcreck Friday evening A car driven by John Thomas Wyl of Port Credit received WOO damage and the other car driven by Samuel W Snow of 2 Acton had damage Inquest tonight An Inquest Is being held tonight Wednesday in township council chamber into the drowning of Donald Budge Bramalea Mr Budge drowned in the quarry at Water tall Playground on June while scuba diving He was pronounced dead at Georgetown Hospital New hydro rates become here August 1 The new rates were recommended by Ontario hydro and are the first Increase in Acton since During these years Ontario hydro has increased its rate to Acton a number of times At the hydro commission meeting last Thursday hydro superintendent Doug Mason pointed out the work of changing oat rale electric water beaters Is ttUl underway The new rates are affective with the August 1 bUUng Union contracts with the hydro workmen were signed last month and approved by the commission The contract had been under negotiation since April 1 Salary increases were also granted to superintendent Doug Mason secretarytreasurer Mrs Audrey and Newt Hurst Necessity of having written authorization from the town office for work done by hydro crews for the town was reviewed in connection with the Decenary removal of a hydro pole at the new building at the Church Main comer The pole will be moved to C K Browne lays wreath heads district parade An early morning drizzle Saturday failed to dampen enthusiasm of and juvenile members least of all Acton oldest Orangeman Charles Kelly Browne who celebrated his 100th birthday June Although the rain washed out the annual local parade Acton members drove from the school lane to the cenotaph where K placed a wreath At 12 30 the Acton contingent left for the annual district parade In where the weather was clear and skies were sunny for the celebration Attending with his wife Doris Worthy Mistress of Bock wood True Blue Lodge was given the honor of riding at the head of the parade with officers of the Grand Lodge The post district grand master received a prize for being the oldest Orangeman in attendance Worshipful Master Danny Holmes leaded mar chera while Mr and Mrs Ken Mac Don aid organized Juvenile lodge members On the to Wood bridge juvenile members had to wait for a relief bus at the bottom of hill after tho bus in which they were riding suffered a broken airline but Mrs Donald reports the parade was one of the most pleasant she has been on Mayor wished the juvenile members farewell and a good day before they left town at 30 The parade commemorates the victory of tho forcea of Prince William of Orange over King James II and his coterie at the Boyno River In Ireland It la usually held on July but for the convenience of lodge mem It has for some years been held on the Saturday Im mediately preceding the historic date Parades were also held Saturday in Woodstock and and on Monday in Kin cardine Bore bod news Letter salvaged from crash Doubly tragic to Mr and Mrs H Harmsma Agnes St was on airmail letter from Holland which arrived Saturday It brought them word of the death of Mr Harmsma father and it bears the ominous stamp Salvaged from air crash July They had been expecting a letter every day since a cable had Informed them of the death of Mr Harmsma in Oldeboom Holland on June Had the TCA plane not crashed at airport a week ago Sunday they would have had the letter the following Monday Slightly wrinkled it arrived six days late The post office staff knew of no other letters which arrived here after being transported on the fated plane Much mall was reported lost in the explosion that claimed 110 lives Sunday accident An accident on Main St at Elizabeth was Investigated Sunday afternoon at 3 by Cons A car driven by Thomas Sargent Milton received damage and another driven by Robert Hilson R Hilton ITS damage The Hilson car had been proceeding behind the Sargent Noise from model planes fire danger discussed Complaints about noise from miniature planes at the high school made councillors wonder Tuesday just could be done about it Deputy Reeve Tyler explained the model planes buzz almost every night until dark Maybe another area of town could share them he said hopefully Councillor Marks fell it was a recreation that you have to allow but there could be certain requirements Councillor Masoles felt a meeting with the club members could be arranged to explain the problem The group planning another big model plane event on Labor Day weekend Make mufflers mandatory mused Mr Marks Danger of fire Another matter where legal on was discussed was the hazard from fire of the hay field on the property Neighbors worry councillor McKenzie said Apparently the same concern lost year produced no blc way to cut the hay and billtheowner burn it off or have it certified noxious weeds The clerk was to write a letter to the owner Council approved the of Mill W property owned by Harold Denny from Commercial holding to It was formerly the property Planning board made the recommendation Halton Board of Education will be contacted concerning salary crossing guards Grading continues Grading along the north shore of Fairy Lake prompted by a group of citizens is still The work alongside Elisabeth Drive Is all done and grading further along the shore by the foot of Elmore Drive was expected to be continued today Wednesday The dangers of the shore following dredging were brought Into the limelight following the drowning of Debbie Wardell A group of Lakevtew citizens banded together canvassed for funds and urged council and the recreat on and parks committee to have the work done make room for the new sidewalk A new transformer Is also needed Superintendent Mason ex plained there are or new poles to go in to the park as far as the new building for J m Gibson s construct on company 1 m afraid there II have to be some blasting be said Rocks jutting right of the ground make underground wiring an impossibility he said Anew bank of transformers for Continued on Pag Farm warn Kerr Snow Tax reform or no taxes Pf the Acton Industrial Park on Main Street on the new Acton Box factory bulldlno In Staff Photo By Bob Burtt Unless the Ontario government meets their demands on taxation reform Federation of Agriculture members will withhold education taxes this year That the message OFA Gordon Hill gave MPP Jim Snow of East and George Kerr of Halton West Minister of Energy and Resources at a meeting at the Department of Agriculture office in Milton Monday morning Mr Hill said education tax should be a people tax and not a property tax He said the farmer pays an unfair share under the present system noting the tax money for education should be paid by the province and raised through Income tax or luxury taut I realize cant one step but we want to have a timetable with dates mat things will come off on For 20 years there has been talk about juggling assessment but there hi no solution there he said He explained there was con to taxing just res deuces or Just form buildings and then consideration for taking education tax right off farm property but there was always some reason It t work The solution is not in Juggling assessment but In shifting the tax from a property tax to a people tax Mr Hill said Education is a service to people not to land and property and it should be paid by people We don like to do this but unless there is satisfactory action we will and if It fouls things up thatBtough Hill said there was support from some county councils and school boards who favor the move Kerr reminded the OFA representatives the province had Increased the amount It paid towards education to per cent this year and that money would come from a people tax It is unfortunate the municipalities never passed the saving an average of nine mills in Halton back to the taxpayer Kerr that budgets would tend to be fatter if paid directly by the province Its human nature to make It fatter than necessary he said One farmer with 150 acres said be paid in tax last year and He said the man down the road from him who lived on a small lot paid only tax Mr Snow explained county would be assessed at market value beginning next year He said Toronto Township Caledort and Pickering were among those already reassessed Harold Middlebrook a Burlington fanner and chairman of the property committee of the Federation said Darcy the Minister of Municipal Affairs realizes there is a problem In as it had been reassessedhut not to 100 per cent of market value Mr Snow said no one wants to give relief to farm land to help speculators He said it was hard to assist farmers without helping speculators The true developer is well taxed but Is the the middleman who only pays agricultural tax who is bard to get at he explained Mr Kerr said the big problem was finding a definition of a bona fide fanner Kerr said there should be more control of education budgets tram Toronto and more appraisal by the department of education He said there would be some relief for the farmer in assessment this fall but no details of what that relief might be were spelled out He said a sample survey Mississauga pointed out that of precis checked five were held by developers and this Is believed to be accurate for that area Kerr said he feared helping a minority of farmers would help a majority of speculators who cSdnt need or deserve help He said Mr felt assessment at market value was the most fair way but agreed something had to be done tor the farmers I hope you re not serious about withholding taxes 1 can be done He pointed out the case of Joan California who got into all kinds of trouble for withholding taxes extent be said Pete a Burlington farmer who sat on a committee writing the report for reform of farm taxation in Haltoo noted his Investigations the big was identifying the farmer If yon restrict to a private concern youre penalizing the man who went to a limited company to keep equity flowing In his family he sola Mr Snow noted the Idea of Continued on Page i