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East end owners try for official plan change Owners of land east of decided to wait and see on decided since the sewage and denied the stumbling block to Acton where develop- further plant expansion water plants were in the east development of this land is Holdings In an end it was economically sen the and contended it is effort to clarify the situation slbto to have future growth In the wishes of most of the ment could double the present population of the town asked Haiton Hills planning board Tuesday night to designate the area for residential growth in the official plan The land at Highway 7 and Churchill Road has been cussed many times both prior to and after the establishment of Regional A Wise planner for Gold- had Anderson Consul tants do a study said Mr Wise which showed the plant expansion now under way con handle and a further expansion could accommodate a population of 15 and still have the stream meet require ment Mr Wise said the political the east end also He said people in town that Acton Acton East should be design does not grow much beyond for growth In the official the present size He Bald they like small towns IS people is a per cent population Increase Marks warned He said many people would prefer the sewage allocation to go to Industry so the town people who have moved to could derive some revenue fan Holdings claimed Acton decision to determine Acton council had looked on the future lies with council area as the logical place expand He said they adopted the Acton East study of 1973 Recalling events Mr Wise said after the establishment of regional government the Ministry of Environment stated the sewage plant could only be expanded to handle the of 10 people He said the Planner Mario Venditti explained the population figures include industrial sewage allocation and said that with the present 800 and sewage capacity the plant is close to the equivalent of people now Councillor ex plained Acton council in 1973 Marks Acton have done so because Break ground soon sr citizen building Ground should be broken for the senior citizen apartments by December according to councillor Peter Marks The building should be completed in the summer or fall of The contract for construction has been let and there are no problems Work will go ahead soon Mr Marks reported to Since there seemed to be no progress the site people were beginning to wonder if the whole thing had been shelved The houses are to be removed before construction begins Councillor Pat McKenzie urged planning board to provide for possible develop ment He suggested the 73 study was taken seriously by someone since the new high school was built to ac commodate 1 students We can Just close the door there must be growth some where Chairman Roy Booth asked if Beardmorc effluent was included in the present plant capacity The planner replied the MOE ruled the effluent must be further re fined before it is accepted In Continued on Page 2 HIGH SCHOOL commencement valedictorian Dan Warren carried to the microphone a briefcase that disgorged a mound of fluttering notes for his speech When the papers all fell to the floor he began to lib The grade 13 is now studying at Ontario Bible College More on commencement on the Youth Pages and Third ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER Forty Two Page Fifteen Fair lost money Open chapel this Sunday The Buchanan memorial chapel will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at 30 in cemetery The Rev A McKenzie will conduct the short service and will sing The building is completed and is all ready for Sunday according to Joe Hurst who Is on the committee Everyone is welcome to attend hesaid Allan J Buchanan and some of his relatives will be there His wife late Bertha Buchanan was a much respected member of the community active in school church and dramatics Dr Buchanan who practised den tlstry here for is now retired The chapel will be available for use by any families wishing It Committal services may be held here in bad weather board numbers were not too surprised to learn lhe lost money on this year fair Rainy weather cut dance especially on the Sunda Fair board president Russell Murray said lht amount of the loss Is not known but it can likely be covered with reserves The prize money is out now Final fimnual pic tures will be known at lht time of the meeting when all the bills been paid In the board was in the red he fair Maybe we can tighten up our bells says Mr The board will be considering cutting something out such as the tractor and horse pulls which provided enter talnment and little income The admission charge was increased this year and he think the board would increase it again so soon less money was spent this year for bands in the parade The board will be applying for Class status for the fair which will provide more grants for prize money Acton fair already pays out as much in prize money some Class fairs he explained This will add to the income of the board It was a terrific fair Mr Murray asserted This is just one of those things that happen Warnings or parking tickets To comment on the proposed Haiton Hill parking bylaw councillor Peter Mirks attended the works committee meeting Monday Signs indicating two hour parking limits were being insulted in Acton this week Councillor Marks won dead if the police had the authority to enforce this right away Bob Austin said approval from the Minis is due this week and of the bylaw will go right away to the police Another concern was the three hour limit to ovtmight needs sideroad jobs in jeopardy officials WHAT HALLOWEEN IS ALL ABOUT pump kins and happy children Heather Trace is just barely bigger than the pumpkin she was going to help carve up at the YMCA Kiddies Club last week Council may whittle building expansion A scaled down version of the same municipal complex plan that toppled politicians in the last election was dls cussed at a special council meeting last Tuesday night October IS Now being called an tion to the present Seventh Line building accommoda tion needs focusaed on the planning and engineering departments more than others Architect Don Hallford showed the original plans which would have tripled the size of the present building and showed what could be cut in the first phase He warned the heating and electrical equipment should be installed to cover the completed building regardless of the ultimate size determined Council with five members absent decided to have the whole 13 man council as a special building committee with Councillor Pete Pomeroy the chairman Planner Mario Venditti said he foresaw a need for square feet in his department in he future serving to 60 people At present he said there is square feet He said in the original plans engineering building plumbing and planning of flees were in the same area so the technical people and the drafting tables and drawing boards could be combined Treasurer Ray King said his original problems had pretty well been alleviated and felt the finance depart was not working under a great handicap I still feel there merit in centralizing municipal government he added Fire Chief Mick Holmes said he had no problem and was considering moving into the fire hall on Maple Avenue Engineer Bob Austen ex plained his department is in the west bay of the works gar age and described It as psy chologlcally depressing He said windows had been In stalled and insulation added so hoped it would be warmer than it was last year He said it was a hazardous location with the two trucks and equipment in the same place where visitors to the building and engineering department hove to cross He claimed there should be a separate entrance for trucks and equipment Austen said was spent on the temporary quarters and predicted the more that spent the more permanent the location will Clerk Administrator Doug said washroom facilities and storage space arc completely inadequate After lengthy discussion council generally agreed they were willing to look at an expansion large enough to fill the needs of the planning and engineering departments Councillor Walter said sooner or later council has to get down to talking money I understand the figure was close to a million last year He suggested the cost difference between a new library and an addition to the present library could be allo cated to the municipal build ing expansion He indicated he might favor a to addition Architect said the proposed council chamber and mayor office could easily be cut from the plans An amount of was tentatively placed in the forecast for for a municipal complex in March of this year Objecting to restricting truck traffic on No Side- road Don and Jim Cay I or of Indusmin presented a strongly worded letter to Hills w committee Monday night Mr is mine manager construction materials division and Mr Caylor is vice president of the construction materials divi Indusmin Limited finds It necessary to reiterate the devastating effect hat this decision can have on the pros perlty of this community Closure of the 17th Sideroad to truck traffic will result in a direct reduction of Jobs for citizens of Hills the letter stated The 17th Sideroad link to Georgetown and Trafalgar is used to transport over per cent of quarry ship ments because it reduces mileage by about three miles This saving is very Important in permitting the product to be competitive They said truckers are involved and people work in the quarry In the quarry paid Hills 92 taxes as well as provincial lax and 25 20 is on deposit with the as a rehabilitation A per cent reduction in market could Jeopardize the whole here they stated With a payroll 765 in 1976 the quarry paid for truck transport The private truckers who haul the gravel chose the route they work on a ton mile basis council felt Sideroad was the best route they sold George recalled the residents were always promised that some Ihlng would be done Councillors thought there was no plan to proceed with a regional link with Trfalgar Road Mike Armstrong ex plained council had no mtcn of closing No Sideroad to traffic We re in the in gnu on stages of a permit system he said It was council intention to try to take traffic off that road that could use alternate routes such as Highway Councillor Pete said there is 5 million In the budget for road updating and Mr Caylor commented Indusmin would be approach able on cost sharing Councillor felt an Indusmin petition for a regional road would help the cause In the letter which he read Mr also voiced concern over various state ments made recently by spokesmen of residents and by elected officials as well These statements dealt with the level of profits earned by the Company as a whole and suggested that the Acton Quarry was a liability to the community The total Con struction Materials Division of Indusmin Limited which Includes its Quarry as well as the Acton operation accounted for only 1 1 per cent of total corporate sales in 1976 and its contribution to profits was at a level entirely in lint with the capital employed in its operations The economic details listed earlier make it difficult to accept Mil proposition that the Acton Quarry is a liability to Hills by any interpretation We con assume that he comments were based on a It is also a concern that Council has given what ap pears to be undue recognition to petition presented to it We question its merit when find that some individuals have signed more than once and when some of the signs wtre or people who do not reside on the Fourth Line and 17th Sideroad he parking and several com plaints on police en force He wondered about the police in consistent application and about warnings rather than tickets in some cases Councillors agreed warnings are sometimes given Councillor Duby also questioned the police s spasmodic approach to ticketing The least of fenders seem to get the tickets he mused He also mentioned of parking for residents on Main across from the library Engineer Bob Austin said the ap pearance of paving on Main N in Ac Ion is deceiving and there is actually no more width for parking Councillor Marks con eluded that he was not being critical of the police force Van kills big buck A large buck was killed In town when it was struck by a van on Churchill Road just north of Highway Wednes day night The van driven by Christopher Acton sustained about in damages police say fire damage Erin deputy fire chief Jim Evans estimates there was damage done in an early morning blaze Tuesday which destroyed part of a house on Highway south of Erin firefighters were first on the scene at 2 a m followed quickly by Acton and crews The house owned by the Grand River Conservation authority was being occupied by Brian Clint at the time of the fire Overheated pipes caused the blaze which originated in the attic Firemen from the department were on the roof tearing out burning sec tions in their efforts to control the flames The fire was well under control by a There were no personal In juries resulting from the fire Block Parent signs OKd Four Block Parent link Therefore approval for Community signs will be this sign must come from the located at Acton a outskirts Ministry of Transportation Approval was given by and Communications works commutes to the The committee on Community Services Centre recommendation from the to erect the three signs which engineering department come under the town decided that the signs will be Jurisdiction The fourth erected by the Centre at a location is on H at height and location specified the west end of town a sec- by the town engineer and the of provincial highway not town will not be responsible designated as a connecting for the signs WAYNE MASON KILLED his first moose recently on a hunt with family and friends in northern Ontario Wayne kneels in front beside Jim Croll of In the back row on the left are Burt Croll also of Oakville Doug Mason Peter Lawr of HUlsburgh and Pete Cassey of Oakville The moose weighed about half a ton