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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 21, 1969, p. 1

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miw trustees still opposed board of education confirms budget the county board of education j32o0oooo budget wa confirmed try membera after three hour of diacuaalon thuraday which aaw oppoaition to the move by three oakville trustee the board had previotlsry agreed to review the budget after hieted controversy in oakvtne that we evident at three public bifotmation meetfaib and a meeting whh ctskvtue council i during the budget review superintendent bruce uodjey reported that additional provincial satistaflceu had been received from the department of education totalling an etthnafed 36bs92 to reduce the municipal leviea n all but georgetown and burlington burlnigton waa excluded becauie ita population waa over 60000 and georgetown beanie of ill growth rate director j singleton reviewed the procedure in developing the budget initially me noted that while councils ask department headi to aubrrut the total of their deaw and then wield the axe fai public the board operate on a hard bne of pobcy statement mr singleton pointed out pouciea had been adopted by the board on pupdteacher ratio and at the secondary level it is the higheit of 16 largest boardt and at the elementary level it it the aecond highest lie suggested if the original policy it correct there u norted to cut the budget which it merely the interpretation of the policy other bolletm included the internal school organization and ill staff the non teaching time of principal the lecretarial assistance for schools the relation of supervisory personnel to itudentt and the audio vuua material and library book policies the board discusses in detail ita policiet comet to logical conclualona and the total amount are cumulated by aection the board then proceed to approve or not to approve director singleton noted in outlining the board budget preparation mr singleton reported the capital equipment requeued by principal after being edvited to be cautious with requests totalled 6s0ooo thrt wat aubtequenlty reduced by jhe executive committee to 405000 he tuggeated too that a lot of communities have been tavmg up problem for the new county boanj the department agree thit budget i the malleit increase in percentage of any municipality in the province the director concluded in a review of the effect that cult in the budge would have it wji noted a si cut would luve burlington 40 centa georgetown aix cent and ontario 54 centa until 700000 wat cut from the budget at which time the province would not benefit further and other municipahtie would begirt to receive tome benefit an bilenuve review of the budget revealed thai s2925l642 wa a fixed coat in term of instructional salaries 2rl 62823 plant operation 12437497 debt charge 3717 963 business administration js07j21 plant maintenance 401833 transportation 745498 tuition fee 156097 and school or trainable retarded 132608 ait earlier proposal for tome form of deficit financing tince aupplemeutary atieiiment revenue it not applicable tin year although it had been in previous yean wai ditcouraged by lie board chairman it would have the effect of one and a quartet mill laving to the communltle but you would have to make it up next year he warned in reviewing the allocation for initructional luppliet and text book trustee j ii price noted that although dillon allowed s9 70 per pupil for ilatiroom supplier wei county allow si2 the secondary f school allocation of sis 40 per pupil wat also lower than that in peel county it wat pointed out the current budget alto included an amftunt of 67000 for rxhool supplies from january to june which wat required largely ui oakville to complete the current school year uliluation of the text hooka available wai questioned and mr singletiwi pointed out the procedure required to change a text book within a school the pooling system to provide unused texts from one school for auolher wliere it may be in use and the life span of a text plant to add to visual arti centre in the north were questioned and it wat reported initial inveitigatiom had included the potubilily of a mobile vehicle coils ruled thit out centres in the north were considered essential la proviemg an equality of educational opportunity and raiting it possible fur teachers to prepare their own material a detailed anjlyiit on the provision of library book was nude with the allowance of s per student it would provide 74000 volumes to serve 13 250 elementary pupils and 12000 volumes to terve 14643 secondary pupils the department recommends 10 volumes per student of enrolment and the luitent range for elementary schools in the north is 7 h volumes trustee j ronton suggested it was dangerous to cut book and audio visual budget with mote and more emphasis on the discovery method learning trustee liberty pease observed that we all iperid more on daily paper jutt to keep up with current events lie supported the s9 flguie ai realistic a motion to reduce the budget allowance for library book in secondary school fiom s9 to ss per pupil wat defeated trustee price tuggested ike onus is on the board to cut its budget lie pointed mil tlie administrative staff had defended lhe budget and not suggested any area of reduction trustee i konsoti pointed out that in some munidpalllle leassetsmenl bad not been nude for a number of yean by the councils oakville because uf id industrial asietunenl it paying mote thata one of tlie problem lie stressed llut the board has no control over development policies of council and it might be remembered that new assessment i hot covering the cott of educating the pupil out tetult from that assessment chairman p armltage took xcepllort to the mayor of oakville suggesting that town police budajat wai cut because of the cost of education thilt ulter nonsense he concluded a reoommendallori to cut the board budget by s 5 0000 from maintenance 65 jmjo from taxi book 10000 fmm audio visual and 50000 from library coal wai defeated in tabling the resolution trustee price suggested the board had lo make some moves to cut back service it wat pointed out by one trustee the effect uf tlie cull proposed would be s2 ho on an assessment in oakville of 7000 in the initial resolution it waa proposed the cut apply only lo thote munlclpeliliei not continued oh pd0 3 ht mm jffu bm nlrsetyfourtb year no at acton ontario wednesday way 21 1969 why no acton county roads asks deputy reeve tyler objection to provincial offlclati voting on a county road study committee and the continued lack of a county road for acton were expressed by deputy reeve ted tyler at county council tuesday for 45 mlnutee he questioned county councillor and officials on what acton would have to do to obtain a county road lie objected to reference in a report of the county road needi study coordinating committee that acton it well served by kinga highway and that county road service ii not warranted at thii time in antwer he observed that highway 7 was like a ikidoo raceway and on highway 25 it waa necessary to play tictaotoe with gravel truckt all day it seems the only way to get justice for acton is to do like oakville is with the board of education refuse to pay our county rate i dont understand how the county can continue to turn acton down there not one county road in acton all we ask it one connecting link what do we have to do he insisted road chairman g gallagher noted the coordinating committee it established by the department of highways and this explains how the department officials tit on the committee to a propoul for making a county road along churchill road to the fourth line and down to 22 aideroad he noted there were two railways and a ravine to cross the county was considering a county road from highway 25 along county road 22 straight pott lamehouse you havent consoled me one bit the deputy reeve continued its been going on at long at i can remember and acton i always shunned tlie people of acton are demanding what la right for them and i havent heard one reason why acton cant have a county road he wondered if the breezes road which wa originally a county road has been boy injured saturday in cartwek cokshn a fiveyearold acton boy wat injured in a car truck collision on highway 25 south of acton late saturday evening bradley john ottaway a passenger in a car driven by his father john leihe ottaway of rr i acton was treated at the scene by dr d w van der bent for lacerations to the face and knee it appeared the car driven by mr ottaway and a truck driven by william frank king 29 of 7 court st milton collided almost headon when the truck swerved to avoid a turning car constable r pea non milton o p p investigated and report 500 damage to each vehicle the ii pm collision happened on llwy 25 just south of 25 sideroad searches organized four missing persons worried parents contacted acton pohce friday night to inform them of four mining persons and searches were organized one girl who had left a car south of town wa reported misting at 1 30 a m and was not located until 1 2 30 the next day ai well as the police firefighter and the rover joined in tlie search through bush and held younger boy unwilling to go home accounted for three earlier calls about 1 1 p m two of theie misting lads one seven and one 10 year of age were located friday evening near the high school while mother seven year old watnt found till 2 om he too was walking in town women who had joined about 25 searcher located the boy the search had included the back of the crescent where fearful parent wondered if the boys had fallen in the filter bed cons kreuler and stafford were on duty when the boys were reported missing cons wood investigated the case of the girl the fine weather friday may have had something to do with the boys not going home one officer thought considered deputy reeve w gillies oakville suggested acton road did not meet the criteria of the study committee he suggested the acton quarry was being treated exactly as the other quarries in the county its not the reiponubitity of the county to provide driveways for the quarries a they did for two in the milton area he tuggeited to an invitation to present actont case at the road committee the acton deputy reeve noted representation had been nude there and been rejected acton cant get a county road where georgetown hat a county road patt the golf course and the county is going to spend 86000 on it he objected it doe appear georgetown i getting better treatment but the road also serve stewarttown and the glen reeve g gallagher tuggested the county engineer was called to the discussion and he reported the needs committee report was to the county road committee and it would be up to the county committee to rule on policy questioned on an earlier discussion county engineer d j corbet admitted he had suggested it was his personal opinion that acton had reasonable requirements for a county road but he wa not speaking for the road committee the engineer suggested the matter would have to be settled by the county road committee deputy reeve tyler tuggested acton representatives would like to meet with the county needs study committee after acknowledging he wasnt going to win his point today bogus s found here two counterfeit 10 bills were located in deposits at the rank of montreal this week the wo bill from two different deposits each bore the serial number r over e 3687435 some of the counterfeit bills in circulation luve other serial number at well the police point out other bogus bill have been reported lately in rockwood georgetown guelpli and milton wkwr ottldml gtatfaf plaza a minor accident was reported in glenlea plaza monday when a paiked car owned by george scholz r r i limehouse received 150 damage tlie other car involved driven by teresa civiero r r i acton received no damage cons barton investigated subsidy on education royahians are bury at their regular- tueadav meetings renovating the scout hall on education lane they are doing everything from ceiling and panelling to floor working in thla group are john andersen ron lewi krli larten and rick jackson there were 24 member in last week a work party stall photo ftrar tlmt annual inspection i to be held in acton new york city bound on a geography f laid trip atttejents from acton district high achool left teat thuraday evening and returned arty tuesday morning after a hectic four day excursion in manhattan the atudent under teacher paul mattlndale atudlad the working of the huge metropolbistaff photo increased provincial subsidies on education may help the etqueilng taxpayer by ai much as six mills information presented to the county board of education revealed thursday the intention of the additional subsidy i tp limit the increase in the 1969 educational mill rate in any one municipality while written detail on the proposed subsidies had not been received by the board a calculation on the amended formula waa suggested as the possible result under the proposal acton would receive grant of 20734 esqueslng 97548 natsagaweya 61692 milton s220i and oakville 186417 burlington and georgetown would not receive any additional grants under the formula ilalton county board municipalities qualified for the assistance because its 1969 cost per pupil per year are up only 65 per cent over the average cost in 1968 the allowable limit wedding balk ring for warden with 17 meeting on his schedule this month heltons 79 year old warden and reeve of esqueslng township council george currle became a blushing bridegroom on saturday may 10 the dean of councillors with over 30 yean experience in municipal office married mr doris hull of stewarttown in st stephens anglican church hornby rev canon j e maxwell performed the quiet ceremony a reception followed at the mohawk inn campbellville waa is percent the additional assistance will be in the form of a payment to the ilalton board but it it to be applied directly to reduce the 1969 requisition of the specific municipalities the changes in the formula for application of provincial subsidy follow two brief presented to the department of education by the county board in the initial formula no provision was made for reassessment which had occurred in all but one of the county municipalities subsequent grant regulations took this problem into account full report cot a head for fltureit the kind in balance sheets not bttdnis the complete auditors rtport for 1968 for the town appears on page 8 for tlie first time in iti 1 2 year history acton si john ambulance brigade will play host to the annual peelllalton corps inspection the colorful ceremonies will be held thuraday may 29 at the acton community centre with divisions attending from oakville brampton milton burlington port credit and acton there will be a general inspection of all members and officers as well as the ambulances of each division there will also be a march past and demonstrations of first aid and home nursing acton citizens band will play for the inspection and the march past which promises to be one of the most- colorful events ever held in the community centre the ladies of st albans church are catering for the refreshments afterwards the acton brigade which includes several members from georgetown is preparing for the inspection with lots or extracurricular activity designed to make the event a memorable one for the district housing development could double hillsburghs size phase one of a proposed four stage development which could more than double the size of the village of hlllsburgh was unveiled this week by a real estate firm fortythree homes will be constructed in the village in the developments first stage beginning in june and the entire project will mean 167 more houses for hillsburgh p j carney real estate brokers from georgetown who will handle the sales announced that the brick and frame homes will be of a revolutionary new type of construction price will start at 20500 and the house will be erected on overall lots 75 feel by 125 feet tall oaks construction wai handle the building end of the project it b expected the houses will be ready for occupancy its september or october its the answer to a working manjs dream said mr carney of the project each home will be over 1 1 00 square feet in aire and right in the village glendevon enterprises la the developer of the property which is situated two blocks east of uamstlflhlllsburais outalde of tome private construction ifflssbtirali has been relatively itnaffected by use building boom which jsas been gradually cr up from toronto and extending east frornguelph the village of brio rmiburch nearest rhtdtjhbcr has bad some recent development and one butew would like to proceed wiui af large development wat a lack of n jla mortgage money for the area is holding up plans

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