Cooperation helps police help people by Helen Murray Cooperation and support of the residents makes officers Job a whole lot easier And In township that support makes the difference in the world With a population of soaring to in the summer 1597 kilometres of road to patrol and 1244 square kilometres of area it isn always possible for the police to be everywhere at the same That where cooperation comes in handy says OPP Community Services Officer Jim Butler He explains his detachment lakes in West and Guelph Townships plus the highways through the city of Guelph Having that Constable Jim Butler I Community Services much ground to cover it sometimes results in a time To recognize Police Week throughout Canada this week the is giving toun of their Guelph detachment to school children and have displays set up the Fergus area Staff at the Guelph detachment consists of one staff sergeant five corporals constables five civilian radio dispatchers and an office start of three secretaries TheenUrecoverageareaisdivid into four units withonecarpershiftineachunit Because of this the car may be at the other end of the township call comes In But says Butler We enjoy good cooperation from citizens in that area They arc very supportive of us he said The officers de pend on people to help them the police out The Community Services officer explained that the Eramosa residents are very re porting anything suspicious in their area which helps the police out Patrol officers are responsible for traffic break and enters and willful damage anything else that comes along He is supplemented by a general lav enforcement officer who does the more serious A criminal investigation unit available to the detachment looks into homicides rapes and major break and enters and a selective traffic patrol unit looks after complaints in a specific area such as if there were numerous calls of speeding in one tain area Butler points out there are all kinds of resources available for special problems such as gambling or other major cranes Plainclothes men are also available from district headquarters In Mount Forest The equipment in Toronto at their disposal is Butler points out In 1381 OPP handled 255 break enters 136 thefts over 310 under throughout their area Of the 55 break and enters 63 wen cleared either in the court room or out of court Of the thefts under cleared Homeowners have a much greater chance of stolen property returned Butler said if the have some form of idenlif cation on goods such as a social insurance number on it OPP officers are not continually learning on the job but they also take several updating courses a year Butler explained all officers must be of age to join They are sent on a three week orient course at the train centre Br imp- ton and then the r posting A Community Newspaper One Hundred and Seventh Year Issue 44 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 12 Pages Thirty Cents Reinstate import quotas Commons accepts merchants petition The joint drive by business labor and federal Tories to force the government to reinstate shoe import quotas scored a small victory Thursday when the House of Commons accepted a petition from Acton MP Otto presented the petition from Acton merchants to Parliament as well as personally to Minister of Trade and Commerce Herb Gray With the petition acceptance Jehncr says it means Parliament must consider taking action Either Gray will act or the petition will go to the Commons Finance Trade and Economics Com for discussion said he hopes Gray will act because if the petition and import quotas Issue is sent to the it could stay there for months and 1 convinced the industries don have months left Fellow Tory John McDermld MP for Brampton Georgetown have as much luck with Parliament as He presented a motion which called on the governments to immediately re instate the shoe import quotas but got nowhere His motion required unanimous House consent and the Liberals didn give it McDermid explained he is concerned about the inside Shearing DetalIsonpages5and6 If the Sabres and Gemini decide to merge they need permission from the OHA and their lea brothers and that by no means a certainty Turn to Fund raising and aid for a woman who was burned out of her rural cottage has been successful See page 3 Two young Acton lads have created their own summer Jobs More on page Pension plans are great if you can afford to that long- shoe industry because a firm in Brampton Grebb formerly which many many years ago was in Acton is being hurt He said he told the House he only wanted the quotas put back on for five more years to allow the industries to complete modernization and compete fairly with the Imports Noting there arc thousands jobs at stake tally in Ontario and Quebec McDermid said he knows Liberal MPs from Quebec who want the quotas put back on Ottawa was flooded earlier Ihts year with post cards to every cabinet minister from leather and shoe workers across the nation as well as petitions with names of and those to every MP There is also intensive lobbying taking place Beardmore and Heller workers have been part in the campaign When addressed the House last week ho noted the bulk residents In Acton depend on the leather industry and the entire local economy is In danger of collapsing if the quotas t brought back Recently sent letters to workers stating 1 wish to assure you that my colleagues and J are well aware of the concerns shared by those of you who fear losing your jobs as a direct result of the Liberal government decision to lift quotas on footwear imports I have had the opportunity to meet with representatives of your industry on several oc since this decision that flies in the face of the recommendations of the Dumping Tribunal Report was made andhavereviewcdthenamesof thousands of employees who have petitioned to have this decision reconsidered My colleagues and I in he Progressive Con servo live Party have taken up this cause both in side and out of the House of Commons as the at tached text from Hansard will indicate and we can assure you that we will continue our efforts to make the government aware of the impact that this an noun cement has had and will continue to have on employment in your industry One excerpt from Hansard was from former Tory cabinet minister La Salle on April when he asked Cray when he was going to decision La Salle observed a industry is in trouble but one sector the footwear Industry Is not asking for government subsidies but only for a minimum of protection to be able to survive He recalled Gray has said several times he would reassess the feasibility of putting the quotas back on and after this exercise is the minister today in a Continued on page A scene from the Bennett spring play The Swinging Piper which opened at the baker Colin Virgo the mayor Jovct the councillor and Tracy Acton High School last night and also runs tonight Pictured here are Mich Lynn BarclaySmith the councillor Heaps candle stick maker Jason Media the butcher Karen Nuclear disarmament may be municipal vote question A referendum on general disarmament around the world could be on the municipal election ballot this November Monday night Hills councillors backed a call Tor a plebiscite dealing with the nuclear proliferation issue if the courts or province rule It is legal for such a question to be included on the municipal election ballot However councillors expressed fears that three legal opinions contained in the recent issue of the prestigious publication Municipal World warning the entire election could be invalidated because of the plebiscite might be right Georgetown resident Jane Duval backed by a packed gallery asked Hills to Join the growing list so far of Canadian municipalities which are putting the Operation Dismantle a group based in Ottawa ear referendum question on the ballot for the next municipal election Mrs Duval said a referendum in Canadian municipalities was a first step towards a UN world referendum to force world leaders to be more serious in talks to gradually reduce the stockpiles of nuclear weapons She said ordinary people enough The nuclear fear won go away and It involves everyone she declared adding the referendum would likely be supported by to 90 per cent of voters and be an excellent forum for thrashing out the issue With more and more nations achieving nuclear capability and the world s stockpile of atomic weapons at the overkill stage already there is deep concern building in the hearts and minds of people everywhere She noted some way the nuclear weapons menace isn a municipal problem but it will be Halton Hills problem If Hamilton or Toronto was hit because there would be thousands and thousands here blinded burned and dicing slowly from radiation poisoning Councillors are concerned about a citizen challenging the entire election results because an international question is on the ballot but she pointed out the Operation Dismantle question t interfere t in conflict with any federal or provincial matter It only canvasses option and passes results on to Ottawa She pointed to a previous legal opinion which was positive for the referendum adding there are no statues to prohibit it or a precedent which makes it Illegal If Hills council was still concerned It could ask the province to make a ruling just as Toronto has already done She said the effort I futile that small voices around the world could make a difference Fallowing is the question which would appear on the ballot Do you support the goal of general disarmament and mandate your government to negotiate and implement with other governments the balanced steps that would lead to the earliest possible achievement of his goal Mayor Peter worried about the legality of the referendum and added he was concerned about poor voter turnout and the impression that would make He urged the backers of the referendum question work to get the vote out on election day so turnout would be higher than the usual to per cent Clerk administrator Ken Richardson said the referendum would be an added election expense only in wards where there was no election for council or school board posts as happened in ward four last time because all dates wire at claimed Council voted to hold the referendum a bylaw will have to be prepared and passed to allow it and hold the referendum if the ncc or courts rule that both the bylaw and vote are legal Councillor Ross Knechtcl said the fact lawyers can agree if he referendum would be legal jusl shows the law s an ass He warned there is a real danger the results of the next election could be tossed out and would not only result In added cost for the but mean great on as there would be two or three months with no council He urged Operation D harm lake the matter to and get a ng warning the province will kely just duck and n give ruling Salvation Arm Await clearance for new citadel Work should commence on the new Salvation Army C at least by Oelobcr according fcnvoy Douglas Vale The drawings have been f for the new hall Envoy Vale told ihc Acton Free Press and now he Is just await ng clearance from territorial head quarters to lum the sod All lands have been pur chased Board officials are pleated with the progress being nude with of the new St Joseph School Additional 57190 grant new St Josephs School Separate School Board has been allowed another rM by the province to build the new St Joseph school Trustee Irene reported the board found out last week it now bu SI TO for the new ten- ConstrixrUc began list month and the school is expected to be completed by the end of August There has been a change made the project lo make the school main entrance lobby more attract tile Is used for the lobby walls instead of vinyl asbestos The suggest to nuke the change in wail material came from Principal Fred Springer and others In the community said She said board official John Blrrett reported he is quite pleased with the progress being made on the school He told trustees McCauley said that he Is added a number of the trustees have come to Acton MeCnteheon Earl Waller vice to check on the school and are equally pleased with president Fred Allan 1st vice at Arm Back Award winners at the Legion Monday night were front row led to right Dave Irwin executive Harry Norton EdFootltlexecaUve Terry CaBeranldlP of the Dominion Command Vie Patrick Life Member Ablrwin executive and Bob Doyle executive Missing was Kevta Certificate of Merit Back row John McH ugh IS Years Pin Years McCauley explained the school found Certificate of Merit looks so small as some parents have pointed it is a two storey building