Halton PCs Joe Clarks image is down but riding members are up Despite he sagging popularity in the political polls of Progressive Conser vative leader Joe Clark and recent political defections and retirements of three fed eral caucus members the Federal PC Assoc la tion is In good shape accord to association officials Members of the association are more concerned with rebuilding the riding associa tion which was split apart by redistribution in June and gearing up for their riding nominations In six months according to the association president Bob Jones Our people are very dis appointed with the polls said Mr Jones but without sounding too paranoid he Joe Clark has received a little unfair treatment In the press Some of our people are get ting a little annoyed with it Terry OConnor the lead ing candidate for the PC nomination echoed Mr Jones sentiments Joe Clarks image is not what it should be but the real issue has been taken away from the public he said Minister have over emphasized the national- unity Issue when the real pro blem is the national economy People dont have the time to listen about the economy said Mr OConnor Theyre more interested In Quebec The two recent defections to the Liberals of Jack Horner from Alberta and Raymond from Quebec did not seriously hurt the party said Mr Jones Jack Horners leaving was the best thing that happened to the party in years he explained Most of us did not lose a tear over his leaving He described the recent addition to Trudeaus cabinet as a sore mouth ever since Robert succeeded John Diefenbaker as PC leader in the and a sore loser since Joe Clark sue Stanfield Jack Horner wont even get reelected In his own rid tig in the next election pre dicted Mr Jones Although it was costly to lose a much valued con riding in Quebec Mr Jones said Mr never made much of a contri bution to the caucus He admitted the retirement of Sean OSulHvan from Hamilton to enter the priest hood was a disappointment but he added the move was strictly personal and had no reflection on Joe Cork Mr OConnor was quick to point out that the Liberals have also been hit by reslgna tlons including the past two finance ministers John Turner and Don MacDonald In the first step towards rebuilding their riding association strength Mr Jones said a get together was being held at the Golf Club Friday Special guests at the affair will be Joe Reeased on bail Manslaughter charge for Georgetown man A 24 yearold Georgetown man has been released on bail after being charged with manslaughter following the death of Lloyd Sedore also of Georgetown Dale Harold Morette 3 Dale Gate was charged Sept ember 16 after Mr Sedore of 12 Union St suffered fatal injuries during a disturbance at the Hotel around that evening The accused was held in jail in Milton The Monday following the in cident Mr Morette appeared in provincial court in Burling ton before Justice of the Peace Brian The charges against him were read and he was to have received a bail hearing but assistant Crown Attorney Fred Forsyth requested an adjournment until September It was granted He ex plained the adjournment would give the police a chance to interview wit esses When Mr ap peared in court Monday he was released on bail The deceased was pronounced dead on arrival at Georgetown Hospital by Dr Alhstnlr Mcintosh Mr worked at the same hospital and was a longtime area resident He was born in Urge more control on mileage Some members of Halton Regional Council want tighter control over money paid to councillors for mileage allowances The regions tion committee recom mended that staff be author ized to the budget for councillor mileage after learning that 95 per cent of the budget had been spent so far this year Burlington Councillor Pat McLaughlin said that as far as he was concerned once the Fee for hookup to fire alarm Fire alarm systems from companies in town have been hooked into the fire alarm panel at the dispatching of flee with no maintenance fee charged after the initial installation according to a report from Fire Chief Mick Holmes He said he could find no formal agreement with the town and no charges made The Fire Chief said after checking with surrounding areas he found Milton Town buys new printer The town of Hills will buy a line per minute printer for the finance department at a cost of 12 The cost will include the tradein of a line per minute printer now In use The replacement printer will be used for tax bills and all other paper work According to the treasurer It will reduce overtime with the greater capacity and would reduce paper costs as more characters per inch can be printed THISTLE CUSTODIAL Complete INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL and RESIDENTIAL CLEANING Owned and operated by Charlie Cheyne PHONE 8531846 PHONE Chicago Illinois and came to Canada with his family when he was five months old The Sedorcs settled in in 194G where some family members still reside Mr Sedore joined the United States Marines in 1950 and remained in the services until when he received an honorable discharge He also served with the Marines In Korea He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and the International Order of Oddfellows Mr Sedore is survived by daughters Mrs Kelly Mrs Sandra Richard Two TORY LEADER JOE CLARK chats with Tory President Bob well as sisters and Jones and former MP Terry OConnor Clark was at Wyldewood brothers Golf Club for a Tory function Friday night Clark and his wife Maureen Mr Jones said their old association was hurt in numbers strength with the loss of Georgetown which was moved into the Brampton Peel riding The riding also lost the Erin Township area which was a strong conservative area said Mr Jones The area was added to their riding but Mr Jones said although it is mainly a conservative area their numbers are lower than the Georgetown area Fran a party worker in Georgetown ad she dldn like leaving the old riding She said the people in the riding had learned to relate to the north and south of and now this feeling has to be turned around She said the splitting of the federal riding along with provincial redistribution and regional government has left Georgetown residents a bit confused on where they Redistribution tommis lend to deal in numbers and not community identity she said Mr Jones said the had intended for their federal riding rebuilding to begin a year earlier but the spring provincial election forced them to postpone those plans the riding nominations ahead he felt the association would be proceeding with their rebuilding plans in full gear He admitted the most likely candidate it the moment is Terry Connor who previouslv the seat before being the Liberal member However he interest in the nomination has shown by two other members The Acton Free Press Wednesday Sept 3 Whoever Is nominated though would have a good chance of defeating the in cumbent he said The scat here has always been a swing riding he said No elected member has held it for more than one term Since confederation this riding has been won by less than votes several times Mr Connor pointed out Mr Connor added that when he had won his seat the margin was won by votes and when he lost the riding it was only by 1600 Nominations will be an nounced in three to four weeks said Mr Jones At one point Otto Jehnek had considered seeking the nomination in after his current riding was removed by redistribution but on the urgings of the PC leader he decided to run in Jones said Although recognized as the prime candidate for the Conservative nomlna Mr OConnor will not publicly state his intentions Any announcement at this point would be premature he budget is spent thats it If it is overspent thats too bad We receive tax free and that should be enough to pay for mileage McLaughlin said Councillors Mac Anderson Archie Donaghey Horry Barrett and Carl all noted the need for tighter control A report will be filed from the Chief Administrative Officer Ernie mending a system of checks and controls on that budget ti A charged for the initial Installation and per year maintenance while charged 150 Installation and maintenance per year He suggested for in stallatlon and per year maintenance The committee agreed and made that recommendation to council The Chief pointed out the installation fee would apply only to future installations lUouM In In op din In dnno irtWr dr find done who daw no iiifpf in to find to liiPW new Yard Goods calico gingham and BROADCLOTH Custom Made country seamers RUFFLED COLONIAL CURTAINS PATCHWORK COMFORTERS RUFFLED TABLE SKIRTS ETC resigns Facilities Superintendent Pat Sheehan has resigned and will finish his employment with the town October 27 Mr come here in February from the Scarborough Parks and Recreation Department where he also was facilities superintendent for several arenas Doug Colbeck assistant manager at the Acton arena will also leave the towns em ploy October to become arena manager at 2t4 ITEMS TEA COSY TOASTER COVERS POT HOLDERS PINAFORE APRON ETC and HI 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