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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Aug It TELEPHONE I519J BuunmiandEiftionttoffw Founded In Ltd l Suaat uOatJipocna than Canada Ken Bellamy Publisher Don Ryder Director of Advertising Hartley Coles Managing Editor Tim Acton Fuse a of the Priming Publishing Ltd group of Aurora Banner Tha Guardian The Poll The Pom The EtotacoM AOuorwaGuanSan Tha Georga- Independent Econcmot and Sun Milton Chtmpon Tha Edition Tha North York Unix Oak via ThM Woe the Liberal Tha Scarborough Mar or Tnbuna fa Vsiigton condition that mm of atio of advartwng by nam with aBowanca not or but atvrtiamniwt for at appa of a typographical error advamung or emcae at wrong goods or may not add Adverting merely an to and may be withdrawn at any una EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor- Gord Murray News Editor Murray Sport Dan McGAowey Darkroom Mds ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT BUI Cook Ratal Advancing Manager Jennifer Kirk Davy Ctatatflad Anem National Brow BUSINESS ACCOUNTING Office Manager Second Number CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Manager MeArthui New tourism body holds lots of promise Over the years many bodies have tried to improve the business climate of Acton The Chamber of Commerce BIA Acton Business Association Leathertown are just some of the groups Various govern ment agencies such as the regions Business Development Department have also made stabs at bolstering existing firms attracting new- in vestment and shoppers to town It would be wrong to say the aforementioned failed It would be equally inaccurate to state that they have fullfilled all the promise and goals these bodies set for themselves at least so far Now another business has been launched the North Halton Tourism Association Just as we have welcomed other bodies enthusiastically so we do now with this body too However our hopes for success with the North Tourism Association are higher than usual for several reasons Firstly this group has by virtue of their regional approach to business development and promotion greater resources to draw on The base support for other bodies hasnt been as broad and hence their ability to achieve goals hampered Another reason for our op timism is this body has a budget as impressive as its goals Funding has generally been a problem With other groups A third plus is this groups decision to hire a staffer an executive director from day one A problem for most organizations not exclusively those involved in business development and promotion is the struggle to make progress when all hands are simply volunteers Volunteers can accomplish a lot and have but especially in business areas their commitment particularly in time is restricted Burnout also plagues volunteers The person selected to be executive director Jo Lister has an impressive track record in the marketing Held Her expertise and enthusiasm will be a big bonus for this group The executive and directors of this new body is also im pressive It seems that most of the big tourist related firms are involved already The fact the impetus for this venture has come from Acton and area and key positions on the executive have been filled by local people should assure that this corner of North Halton wont be ignored as we often are in other large area projects in Halton Tourism is this provinces second largest industry it is labor intensive requires in vestment and creates fresh investment can have tremen dous spinoffs throughout the business community and bene fits not just firms directly in volved in tourism Anything which can be done especially these days to Improve the business climate must be welcomed with There could be another big plus from the North Halton Tourism Association It will no doubt be a boost to bodies like the Chamber of Commerce BIA and in achieveing their more localized goals GM Our readers write Little old ladies arent vandals Dear Sir How many little old ladies are on the prowl late at night or In the wee small hours How many little old ladles are heaving bricks through shop windows How many little old ladles are screaming and shouting obscenities on the streets of Acton at all hours How many little old ladles are loitering to the point being ob jectionable or threatening How many Utile old ladies are firing eggs at store facades How many llUleold ladies are putting the boots to the cop doing his duty Utile Old Lady Acton From the editors desk Vote yes to no nukes Now that it is settled and were going to have a nuclear disarmament referendum in Halton Hills this November wed encourage all voters to attend the public meetings on the issue which are planned for this fall as well as read the information which will be printed during the campaign With the threat of a null and void election and thus a huge cost to local taxpayers for a repeat vote out of the way we support the referendum Its true that we are still dubious of the results produced by the vote but it cant hurt the perilous situation the world now faces We remain unconvinced that there will ever be free votes In a global referendum on the subject behind the Iron Cur tain We also dont think Canadian concern about nuclear proliferation will prevent unstable regimes in places like or Argentina from developing the bomb or in fact using it But this issue like so many others requires some kind of protest So if the nuclear issue gets people upset enough to protest to Ottawa then maybe well stop taking things lying down from all levels of government A strong yes vote in Halton Hills this November may not help but then again if we never try well never know what might have been G M by Gord Murray Last weeks front page story about a plan to build nearly 300 homes on the east side of Acton has been taken as some kind of Joke by a number of readers After hearing for so many years that Acton couldnt grow because of limited sewage treatment plant capacity they didnt view this proposal for develop ment as being serious Since December of last year we have written a number of stories regarding the urban boundary study The result of that study in a nutshell is that Acton can grow by up to 3 more people So this and other developments which will undoubtedly be proposed are serious Most of the readers who mentioned the front page story to me lost week remembered the stories explaining Acton can grow once their memories were Jogged a bit Theyd been hearing no growth for so long though they didnt really take the prospect of growth as gospel Maybe some further explanation hopefully without too much Jargon will clarify this situation Raw sewage moves through pipes to the sewage plant on Churchill south from washrooms all over town and is treated there The plant Is designed to handle a million gallons of water and sewage a day Actons present population about 7 000 people should according to a complicated formula set down by the province of Ontario fill the plant Another governing factor is the Black Creeks capacity to accept treated waste Again following Queens Parks formulas there are enough people living here that the Black Creek shouldnt be able to accept more effluent However this kind of Issue Is always a bone of contention between developers and councils In an effort to settle the question of growth In Acton once and for all the Region and Halton Hills had an urban boundary study carried out by a con sultant This study may have been more properly named the Acton water study since it determined if the sewage plant could accept more sewage from new homes built in Acton and hooked Into the system It was the same with water What the consultant came up with was lhat there Is sewage capacity The reason for I he capacity Is simple A lot of people from Acton work out of town therefore they use washrooms where they work Thus they t contributing to filling up the Acton plant as they would If they both worked and lived in town The result was Acton sewage plant wasn handling as much sewage and the Black Creek receiving as much effluent as they can The province went along with an adjustment of their formulas to reflect this situation so Acton can grow by more people as well as have some more Industrial development There are three areas where housing can be built One area Is north of High way and east of Churchill North about half way gver to the Fourth Line and south of the high school That is where the plan we reported about last week would materialize Another area Is Mill St West between where the new St Josephs School Is being built and Duby Rd right across the street from where houses already exist The third area is south of High way 7 and east of Churchill Rd South However It will take time for these developments to be approved by both the region and Hills While our sewage capacity problem has been solved Acton must secure more water before development can take place It is expected once a sure fire way is found to treat the water from the Prospect Park well which readers will recall turned out yellow brown water last year for a week Actons water problems will also be solved In short we re going to grow a bit sometime in the next five years I would think I hope this explanation clarifies situation and isn t clear as mud to residents On another front I received a rather interesting press release from our MP Otto last week In it he notes he and his Tory colleagues have set up a number of special economic develop ment committees which will work through the summer with a view of developing further detailed and comprehensive alternatives to govern policies which obviously but unfortunately are not working doubledly they II also be looking for things to embarrass the ruling Grits thereby assisting them In maintaining their huge lead in popularity Anyway Is sitting on a committee called Burden of Govern ment and they be looking for areas where spending can be cut and hunting down examples of government waste His has already come up with a list of really Incredible wastes of tax dollars They are so wild theyd be funny If it wasnt our own money Here s the list Taxis are taking taxpayers for a ride Between March and May 31 1961 the Government paid out mil lion In taxi fares The largest single bill from any government department was perhaps appropriately from Tran sport Canada4422000 At current Ottawa taxi rates 120 mile this is enough to go around the world 120 times Between March 1980 and June 1981 the Government spent mil lion on telegrams cables and other wireless communications Even the Post Office does not trust the mail as it spent We ve got a very hospitable government In fiscal 198162 11 government departments spent a total food bowe and entertainment That Is the equivalent of bottles of liquor It is also only the tip the Iceburg as it Continued on page 10 coies slaw iss Bennett the epitome of a teacher- The lady they named the MZ Ben nett public school after Is dead She shaped the minds and careen of thou sands of Acton and area youngsters with a teaching career that started Erin township It ended when she resigned as principal of the old Acton public school torn down to make way for the Robert Utile school Minnie Bennett was allotted many more years than the three score and ten the Bible gives aa the ordinary lifespan She died on her birthday In a nursing home In Kitchener many miles from Acton But she will always be remembered by those who had the privilege of studying under her guid ance or were Just marking time In the classroom Miss Bennett Inculcated many of the values In her students which society to day might find but which haresloodthetestofttne They ere be ing rediscovered now under new labels but she not only taught then but lived litem and earned the respect and gratitude of the many who graduated from that old school Bennett principal of the school at a lime when the local school board alio expected them to teach Sen- tor which would be Grade Eight now The principal was not only expected to set an example for the other teachers but was called on to school discipline when It got beyond the scope of the other teachers who were mainly women That meant ad ministering the strap to those errant youths mostly boys who dared to In terrupt the routine of the classroom or did naughty things on the way to and from It an onerous burden but was the accepted procedure In those times when teacher were expected to be models of decorum forbidden to fre quent such places as beer parlors or pool rams unlikely to smile much and be paragons of virtue It was a pro fession which demanded so much and gave Utile in the way of tangible re wards Recognition came usually only when former student well in provincial exams Or set Us uahrerstty or college on are with bis or her kMwVadge It re flected back on the leathers In the old alma mater scant recognition was one of those fortunate enough to she dispensed anything but Justice from the Senior classroom It stood at the front of the school to the left of the chedin entrance If she stood at the door we slowed down when we filed out of class and respectfully touched our hands to our caps or heads She always responded sometimes Just with a nod knowing of course that her presence had killed all the devil ment we had planned for the moment Some of the bigger boys in the class reached as high or higher than she did and they sometimes would try and breach the which was strict They soon found Miss Bennett was more than a match for their wiles She knew at the tricks and there were few that got past She knew Just about e In that brick two storey school Some of the fathers and mothers had also been taught by Miss Bennett and she often Identified us with our fathers or motherB name was in- variably called ErnJe which was my fathers first name and my second She told me one day my Dad had been a pretty good wondered why I same I was never upon the rug when Miss Bennett dispensed punishment but I remember one day when several of the older boys in her class had done something during re cess strayed out of their boundaries or pounded some of the younger boys She fined them up in front of her and gave them all a few licks with the strap It t been lost on me that if a teacher tried that today there would be probably be a few law suits ensuing There were no law suits then Probably some or them got it again when they got home if the word leaked that far Many people In Acton who passed through her classes can tell better stor ies than Ive got about the days in Miss Bennett s classes She thought every one was there to learn If you didnt it was because you were either stupid or too stubborn Some of the real big guys In her classes were only putting in time until they reached the leaving age be cause limes were really tough in those days and families needed extra pay packets to let them survive I am one of those who does not look back at those days with enthusiasm There were few holidays from school no recreation outside of a few recess morning and afternoon Films and all the other teaching aids too late for me and for teachers like Miss Bennett She could have used more time off and some other diversions to lake some of the load off them How ever looking back at those school days and dedicated teachers I glad they were there to pound some sense Into my head and spelling and into my brain They were cer the salt of the earth even if we know It at the lime Thanks to all those who have written or called saying they en Joy this column and are glad to see it back tBrunelle St Denis of Sudbury also wants to know if anyone in Acton has a copy of an old map of the old counties kind we used to have lo draw for Miss Bennett she asks She Uvea at IMS Ogrady St Sudbury Jeanne also mentioned she has been delving into the history of the Lasby dan and even found a Noble one right here related to the and Rockwood She flntsbes up with TnereTI always be an Acton and Is ton Hills 10 years ago Bert Hlnton of Acton vlceJ chairman of the Sheridan College Board of Governors was elected vice- president of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of An avid local fisherman George of Arthur St had a two hour battle on his hands off Mex Ico with a no pound before he gaffed the eight foot four loch fish the Bide of the fishing boat Apollo Specials this week at the cantaloupe 3 for a butt pork chops a lb breakfast sausage a lb spare ribs a lb beef a lb and a ox of trench fries Mayor Les Duby cut the traditional ribbon to officially open the brand new Glenlea Drug Mart and medical centre last Thursday morning A Musky IB lbs and Inches long was hauled in by Merv Barber Acton during a weekend fishing trip to Peterborough Also on the trip were Charlie Barber and Harry Hooper of Acton and Ken Ellis of Georgetown years ago August Eight year old Margaret Acton topped Scottish dancers from Canada ana the United States to carry home first place trophy when she com- peted In the Highland Dancing Association at Maxwell Quebec on Saturday Is to have a new Community Hall The site has been chosen plans completed and the tract awarded Specials this week at the IGA are loaves of IGA bread for 39c Kraft cheese slices lib pkg darks soup tins for Navel oranges dor for basketof field tomatoesiar After spending the month of July at Bruce Beach Mr and Mrs E A Han sen and the boys are back at home Four weeks after the ground waa broken for the new home of Superior Glove Works at the eastern limits of Vlmy Street producUon began on the manufacture of gloves 50 years ago A mighty fine specimen of black basS was captured in Fairy Lake by Master Jack Davidson the sevenyearold sod of Mr J Davidson Lake Avenue The beauty was on display at Pattersons Meat Store it tipped the scales at 4 lbs and measured 18 Inches Playing this week at the Gregory Theatre Behind the Mask starring Jack Holt Saturday Cheaters at Play starring Clurlolte Greenwood and Thomas Melghln and on Monday Sky Devils with William Fire on Sunday completely destroyed a large farm house occupied by Frank Miller about half a mile from Erin the loss estimated at be tween and This week specials at Pattersons Meat Store are shoulder roasts 13c a lb fresh side pork 10c a lb sirloin roasts a lb and rib boil a lb years ago August 1 TheJubueeblrthdayofMr James Snyder was fittingly celebrated at his home Pine Lawn Mill Street last and Brampton on Saturday evening Acton won by l to It was a closely contested and very rough game Mr Price of Hamilton spent Civic Holiday with his brother Mr Price Ground was broken last Thursday for Mr D M Hendersons new residency on Bower Avenue and the excavation for the foundation Is in pro gress Mr John Morris returned home Saturday from a twomonths trip to former home in Yorkshire England 100 years ago August IK About SO went from Acton on the Church of England excursion Burlington Beach Fanners are now willing to pay from to a day for harvest hands and say they are finding It difficult to fit men They are unpleasant effect of the exodus to the Northwest The province has been drained of a large number of farm laborers who be fore assisted the farmers The band think of Introducing reed to The house fly now a nuisance al most unbearable bey the an see the interior of stone house to Milton if they are not careful