changes needed 1 j f one of thftjoqfdistucbjug features of municipal governrrienttrr ontario today is the dominance of appointed committees and com missions over the elected municipal council too often the council seant little more than a ma chine for rubberstamping measures and legis lation prepared by these nonresp6risible in the sense that they are not elected by vote of the electors commissions and boards with little or no effective powers of criticism or control how did this perversion of the democratic system come about a large part of the responsibility root in the ontario municipal aci the ac growth of the- baldwiri at of the has done litrlc lo keep pi conditions in idhtaiio inilic hi i y- there have iveri r mi- 1 nii in the ai ir orating of trv- i mandate ijy virv imi rulings r iirfc i rod tape v- through- it a- i suggest is th- i j paced lboo- with the fofili 1- the fl in hal io an- tion lor ii feel suf the tvl within v act will be virtually impossible the provincial government will undoubtedly put forth with great verbosity the importance of and great respect for local autonomy the eventual con clusion if there is one will be a political saw- off suited to todays expediencies rather- than a common sense or- straight forward approach to the problemsof today and -as- they will un doubtedly arise jn the very near future if would be our hope that a regional form of government will be established in which the role of the county will be enlarged we would expect to see county councillors elected directly under a paty system vve would expect the iecional ciovvhirnont would be run by full time i i cil uvj ji3iiiians operating- under- the im ilrl like to see the region ii of hal ton i irovicfe- air t e i ri in ran vij iii vv i v tke joc4 014 paifj 20 years ago tpken front the lasue ofthecee press thursday jan 31 1946v fit sergt kenneth fryer re turned to cnnada on the mnure- taniu after three years with the air force cpl t g reldt was on the- lie de france tpr russell lowrie of eden tmhls- was on the queen elizabeth qsjm frank holloway was four and a hall years overseas we all join with iahu lies in welcoming these men back home again to a peacetime itj camvdu at a special meeting ol aclnn council on friday evening toun- cluoisic if creighton w x o oakes claude cook were present and reeve c l kirkness presid ed the estimates for the var wove pareiiilly cheekediand the findl- result was estimated re ceipts of 125154 with estimated expenditures of 6424951 leaving an ainminl ol 11909551 lo be raised by taxation this will re lax rate of 461 mills l- 111- same as in 1944 sliuliil- liiihi iii in last iinre a pie la-h- and ml i ar mil- a- ihcl hi h hi ill in rrt n ft- held r jvi d l um- hite hose verr 11f iv hiii i- lv s fiv 9t iiji c i t i i 111 liiaiin kllioi lllll n iki i r rill pni i nasi 1 l-q- ill ii 1 m v 1 11 1 ltl i i in a iij ssf il mittlii i usi e i 1 r ill i uiii- i- 5q years ago taken from the unie of the free press thursday feb 3 1916 a checker match tietween acton and milton players was held in the rooms or the acton checker club in the 78 games played mil ton won by three acton players were a b molean h s holmes john leishman s m lasby geo barber d henderson e a stor ey neil patterson robert laing e j hassard j matthews john locker and wm leishman mr john l cripps is now at kia lapland russiariheiias ta ken a position in connection with the building of the new railway from petrograd to bkatcrnia to gfe irtissia access to an icefree port all year the canvassers with petitions praying the government to u pro hibit the sale of liquor in ontario were liighlv gratified with llicir weeks work in acton in ihr nnal sections the petitions vve re al host unanimously signeil at crewsons corners rrot a siuile volej- refused the mfire i vv of men ii lii i like iiiy horse ajj4i- annual ini rtiu tjuesini aim i miiiii- il si k v inllow in il lcri r vi e lor ll ufilriv a lidlh- i i i vi- pi icl n urn i r- uhl i i a h camplhll din loi ili esw w iislier john iiamtumas tarlv with nimr- hume currte an williai7 fjiedv thorna i- t 7vvi ol ai-kiiaih- iis vi iv w mim h v lijl lii ei ark it c r ti- d nt m lo 1 k cut- larridge w ivnil a i i lie iivoi hnc ivl- t i tuids ei i- r f u i ii ii i a 1 il it i 1 hidu icron x sim miy ex- s piti r m m a 1257 r 727 mi j02 j nal j hi i d u moa in sua- k iinl la mi al id tlaily 1 1 1 11 to strat- 1 1 1 1 lianue 1 omliai clc