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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 18, 1982, p. 2

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SECTION A THE HERALD Wedneaday August II lWJ Halton radial line leads into yesteryear Sponsored by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association area museum preserves our commuting past Ivan tlefl and John J oh in on are two electric railway pulling In some of their Tree Unit to build a weilrrty loop of track at tbe County Radial lUllway museum writ of Acton A loop I being com true led at Hit other end of one and onequarter Streetcar No looks very much like a honedrawn which would have on Toronto s In the late 1800 However here a telltale electric boom IX from lit roof Commuter rode In open air comfort on holler dayi For romintlci and railway there li something especially attractive and the tradition behind them in Ontario The County Radial RaUway near Acton of some working and being restored along with electric train can which were once part of the Torontoarea a radial railway system The and collection are maintained by the Ontario Historical Association which number about members museum li open Ham lo m weekends and holidays from the Ictorla Day weekend lo the end of October and well worth a leisurely lilt Into the past Visitors to the County Railway west of Ac tow m can ride of the muieum restored rata down a one and a quarter mile track One of he favorite front Ontario a transportation past is a 1J15 mode he Interior of which Is done In beautifully finished oak Some of the old advertisement still line poster bracken the windows From Acton follow he Radial Railway museum signs along Highway turning left at the Town Line Follow the Town Line Line left again and the museum is on the left bond side of road a mile from the In tenet Ion Vandals hit school library Three youths were seen running from the Robert Little School area and he public library In Acton Thursday night after windows at both building were reported smashed Police were called short ly after 10 p and dis covered that damage had been caused to windows at the library and BOO damage to windows along neighboring School Lane Halton regional police are also investigating tbe theft of a large number of tools and a car from Superior Motors Company In Acton The Incident occurred overnight last Wednesday The tools and a car stereo removed from an other vehicle were still missing as of yesterday Tuesday Police recovered the stol en Dodge Dart at IS pro Thursday near the Third Line and Slderoad Intersection Police suspect they si least partially thwarted a robbery at the Acton Lions Club pool adjacent to McKenile Smith Middle School Monday morning An alarm was ripped at 15 a after a window was forced open en property A tape deck a gym bag and a calculator were taken from the school but later found on the property However stolen from a filing cabinet is still missing Thieves ransacked ofic es at Canada Battery In Acton last Tuesday night and made off with a small of scales and some change from a cash box During the overnight robbery vending machln- break into a small sale were also damaged and Police estimate property robbed and thieves tried to damage at It Aggregate concern Inside the railway tat Ion which has been lovingly preserved by member of the Ontario Railway Historical Association William Streetcar Willy Melhuith si takes a break after a long Sunday answering Inquiries from fascinated tourists visiting the Association museum The Association runt Ike museum and keeps its snorted collection or and other electric rail vehicles from Ontario pail operating Willy Is a veteran electric railway buff and used be employed by the British Columbia Railway when It ran Hi electric Interurban cars through the province hinterland Coo In tied from page demand reflected In the new maps There Is no able way the province could use that much gravel in the next IB years Mr Alexander said pointing out that the reports provide conclusive evidence that Ontario already has mora than enough gravel In existing licensed pits to last well into the next century The Ministry claims that aggregate supplies are scarce and that It Is economical to supply the market from a distance of over miles Yet the study on which these conclusions were based was later crltlcited as being based on un realistic and extreme assumptions the Found ation says MNR has directed Its local planning districts to implement a strategy of appropriation and tonnage targets tbe tact that local MNR planners have not had the to analyze the demand forecasts and ton targets assigned to their districts This policy of govern men by administrative directive has been going on In the ministry for the last three years Accord IngtoMr Alexander the land use rights of muni such as bridge and Caledon which have little technical base for argument have been preempted by this disastrous policy Town ship politicians are literal ly being forced In Isola ion to Include excessive gravel acreages without knowledge of the entire provincial gravel targets or operational methods MORE MARSHMALLOWS PLEASE Playing game and swapping stork around the campflre part of what summers all about rightl So and supervisor from Camp Prospect operated by the own recreation department Actoo Prospect Park as Its base got together overnight Thursday at the Blue Springs Scout Reserve on Halton Hills outskirts for their final of the season Counsellors Kim Neweotnbe and Anne Ramsay supervisor Heather Gage and advanced Michelle Foster and Andrews rewarded the younger camper for surviving a night m the woods with a pancake breakfast Friday morning The Herald has published other pictures of Georgetotcn High School classes Can you find friends in this one from

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