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4oa6it- firefighters douse two country blazes prompt action by acton fire fighters this week saved two homes in the country from what could have been serious fires first call came thursday af ternoon when a chimney fire at the hpme of mr and mrs herb brown who live in what was formerly dublin school spread to a partition in the attic mr brown quickly took dowri stove pipes and removed live coals from the stove wbm flfwmen arrived they doused the chimney fire and crawled into the attic where flames licked at the partition they extinguished the fire there before it could spread further damge was confined to smoke and water early sunday afternoon fire fighters were called to the home of buss elliott on the second line of nassagaweya close to moffat where fire presumably from a spark from the chimney had ignited wood en shingles on the roof mr elliott first noticed the fire while lie was outsjdc a burning shingle on the ground attracted his attention and with a look at the roof which was burning brisklv he sum- moned the acton brigade firefighters arrived in time to stop flames from spreading beyond one side of the roof using hose and water from the truck to quelch them most of the damage was con fined to the roof and a bed room directly underneath low cost debt make acton enviable place for hydro a cmmniy cm which spread to a partition in the attic at the home of mr and mrs herb brown rr 1 fust below acton was quickly extinguished by acton firefighters last thursday afternoon staff photo our readers write dump problem 188 churchill rd s acton ontario to the editor acton free press dear sir t should like to say here- that i heartily endorse everything mrs wilton of longfield rd acton has said in letters she has recently written which have been printed in the acton free press the last few weeks regarding the local dump after 27 years of married life most of which has been spent in travelling to various parts of the world in connec tion with my husbands work we jiaalir decided no fcufa house and after much search ing we finally chose this house on churchill road it wasnt until we had actually signed the papers and paid a deposit that we- found out about the dump the sew age disposal plant and the tannery all of which appear to pollute the air here in some form or other however we decided that it was too late to do anything about it but hop ed that something would be done soon about the three nuisances our main reason for moving so far out of toronto was to try and avoid the polluted air of a big city but we have found to our dismay that at least 75 per cent of the time it is much worse here and ap parently nothing is being done about it it isnt only the chil dren this impure air affects but also older people in fact i think i would be correct in saying that it must affect everybody in the immediate vicinity in fact the whole of the glenlca area why not make this actons centennarv project hullri a of the garbage come to some agreement with the local fac tories fl which dump waste much of it very foul smelling especially when it is burn ed and then set fire to it and generally improve this area it seems to me it is a much need ed service the rest of acton doesnt appear to me to have very much to complain about and as we al pay taxes to the township surely it is time something was done to im prove conditions for the peo ple who live here now to add insult to in jury as the saving goes we have huge piles of dirty snow impeaw tharfahunmred feet from our back door which will no doubt produce all kinds micro plastics at home show all three sales divisions of building products of canada limited will participate in the companys exhibit at the nat ional home show it will be held in toronto march 31 to april 8 the building products divi sion will feature its full line of excenboard ceiling tiles in cluding the new series of ther mographics in an embossed ef fect it will also show the 1967 color line of bp asphalt shing les and the permagrid suspen ded ceiling system developed especially for the doityourself market and the small contractor the system consists of a metal grid with decorative fibreboard or plas tic stryene layfa panels the flooring division wih exhibit the complete color lin es of vinyl asbestos and solid vinvl flortile vinyl sheet goods also will be displayed and the exhibit will include custom designed floors showing the attractive patterns that can be achieved wfth feature strips of smells germs and filth as it melts i know that this has to be dumped somewhere but does it have to be right out side our back door i hope the people who are responsible for all these items will read this letter and do lomething about it yours truly mrs margaret e wright the pipe and micro plastics division with plants in acton will feature the bp vinyl drain waste and vent system which has been approved by central mortgage and housing corp an easily installed plumbing system for the modern home dwv has won rapid accept ance in the residential con struction market cake tradition some of the members of the congregation of st albans church cnioycd a piece of sim nel cake a traditional way of celebrating mothering sunday mrs v bnstow mrs h dennv provided the delicious cake a turkish towel pinned over the table end of your sewing machine is a great help when working with slippery mater ial hydro commission chairman ted tyler sr outlined a plan to update services in acton homes at last thursdays reg ular meeting of the commis sion sponsored by ontario hydro and endorsed in a motion by the local commission the plan till enable owners of homes with small services to borrow money at bank interest rates from ontario hydro to install new services permanent ap pliances will also be included in the plan including cost of carpentry and other repairs neceary application must be made to and approved by the local hy dro commission cost of the entire program is being absorb ed by ontario hydro the chairman outlined the advantages of modernized ser vices for commissions includ ing extra dollars resulting from power sold for increased numbers of appliances as well as advertising terms of the transactions will be worked out for a period suiting both parties the acton commission ex ceeded targets set by ontario hydro for sale of water heat ers by 146 per cent home heat ing by 300 per cent and extra space heating by 330 per cent last year mr tyler also told the com mission he and commissioner wilf mceachem investigated figures at the recent conven tion and found acton had the lowest debt of any commission in halton as well as low rates comparing both halton and peel acton was in the best posi tion financially except for one municipality which was a small percentage lower some hydro is nearly doub le what actons is said the chairman were in a darn nice position here if people from other places who move here tell you they lived in such and such a place and their hy dro was lower dont believe them i saw the figures if thu district was sliced like a pie as has been propos ed the outcome would be much dearer hydro and much more debt the chairman con tinued the chairman also disclosed he and mr mceachem had bought furniture for the new building during their recent junket included in the pur chase were a board room table and 10 chairs a little table and two chairs for the main lobby and a similar chair and small table for the ladies lounge delivery will be made the first week in april a request from whitney con struction for final payment on the new hydro building with a 600 holdback for work yet to be done was fully discussed and the commission decided the advised holdback wasnt enough exterior painting and grading must wait for spring but much of the work could be done now so the commission decided on a 1 700 holdback until all work was completed to their satisfaction the secretary was instruct ed to send a list of equipment to the ame w coordinator of emergency measures for their use discussions with mayor duby about installing a side- the acton f press wednesday march 15 1967 3 the present wage scale of employees is to be reviewed at the next meeting commissioners orville brownt doug dawklns ww mceachem chairman tyler superintendent doug mason and secretary audrey urquhart attended the meeting walk from the new building to bower avenue were initiat ed also dlsiusscd was the re placement of trees where con struction required them to be cut down the superintendent was au ihorized t6 order and install blinker lights on commission tiucks accounts amounting to 124- 600 os were passed for pay ment the superintendent advised he had some old meters and bills- for a special display at the new buildings official opening expo packaoi toum with accommodation transportation to a from montreal to- and tram ixpo and all pauporh sunlino tours transportation s7722s1 easter store hours all acton downtown stores will adopt the following schedule open thursday march 23 till 9 pm closed good friday march 24 open saturday march 25 till 6 pm closed monday march 27 this ad sponsored by your local chamber of commerce a joyous easter to all open house easter sunday march 26 from 230 to 500 pjm at proper incinerator to dispose- trinity united church friends are invited to drop in to bid farewell to rev and mrs engel eve we1comp flags and decor ation s are available from acton lions club stokely cream corn 14oz tins 1 fryers 316 to 4lb chickens 37 c lb pure pork sausage 55 lb schneiders wieners 53 thursday only ontario no 1 potatoes iolb- bag 29c golden ripe lb side bacon 79 lb spare ribs 65 lb bananas 10 3qt jug 9bjwulic jfc plw deposit reg 99c 3lb pkg rose profits for community betterment for information contact vicbristow 8532237 maibwiiwtmawiib ishine fresh ruit vegetables onions vine ripened no 1 tomatoes 249 23 fresh rhubarb mac no 1 cello apples 3 j 43 ust buvi reg s1t 30c of f pack margarine 83 msstmrt best buy save 8c the tea 60 to pkg tea bags 79 best buyi 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