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patricia jordan patricia jordan names k donald mam park when most towns discover a historical site they decide to build a park around it acton built a park and then discovered that it happened to be on a historical site it seems the park slow under construction fat glenlea subdivision b on the old family farm of sir donald mann a pioneer railroad builder and minor canadian hero tha discovery was made by linear old patricia jordan a grade seven student in the m z bennett school she was recently declared the winner in a name-the- peiv contest that invited suggestions from senior students in both acton public schools according to a bibliography in the cansduna encyclopedia he wms born much 23 ihs1 in a log cabin on the family farm at acton upper canada the ton of hugh mann and helen macdonell me was educated locally and left home at 18 to work in lumber camps in michigan and northern ontario turning to railroad contracting he laid tracks for the cta between brandon and calgary in irhh l he was associated with sir william mackeiuie sir lleibert holt and jamas ross in a contracting firm the partnership with mackenile was reettsblihcd in 1 896 when they purchased the chsrter of the lake manitoba railway and canal company in the years that followed they built the canadian northern transcontinental railway system which was taken over by the canadian government in ioir he was knighted in 1911 becoming perhaps actons only trueblue native sir in 1887 ht married jane emily williams of winnipeg and they had one son many descendants still live in the acton area sir donald died on nov 10 1014 in toronto the acton board of parks and recreation officially named the grounds sir donald mann park at last thursday nights meeting a suitable entrance ii to be built in the future igtsfiijayssjtssyikbfsf isjcjsajc atjcifr nassagaweya family back in burnt out home thanks to neighbors help nassagaweya agrees to disagree it was regional government night in nassagaweya monday evening the growing awareness of most citizens of what effect the proposed community structures will haveon their taxes and identity the councils opinions and discussion of the nassagaweya segment of a brief to be presented by a county council depglallotf to municipal affsirs minister darcy mckeough friday and a number of vltitln ratepayers and petitioners all nut headon and found themselves generally in agreement council discussed a number of points to be included irt their suggestions to the llalton council deputation to the mlnlifer of municipal affairs reeve w a hoey intends to summarize their opinions in a written brief to be presented to the bonus family of nassagaweya is again living tat the home that was only a bit over two weeks ago apparently destroyed neighbors at first then residents from the length and breadth of nassagaweya and maybe even outside began to ritch in within days of the ire collecting money donating money donating material and professional skills and just plain wielding a hammer or saw a convener of the menin- bonus benefit fund in an acton bank noted the fund has nearly building fund for bonus frnnily a special building fund at beardmore and co for the merv bonus family who were bumed out recently is being substantially supported by both union local 407 of the upwa and the company the fund was requested by filant employees for the stricken amily who were bumed out of their nassagaweya home on valentines day it will be kept in trust to provide materials for the house rebuilding mr bonus is a beardmore employee 800 damage monday accident when an outoftown car stopped on main st n to make a left turn into lakevlew discount centre the car travelling behind struck it causing damage to the rear bumper fender and trunk driver of the first car was william glenn hale of alvlnston and the driver of the second car nick farion of acton the farion car has damage to the front fender grill rad and hood damage to each car was estimated at 400 the accident occurred at 625 pjn on monday march 3 good news goad newt for e mussing taxpayers 1000 in it enough to cover necessary expenses by the time the total receipts come in the house was habitable by saturday evening feb 22 a bare eight days after the blaze when the impromptu wotk gang converged on it since then its been mostly a matter of secondary necessities such as wiring the chimney and some pieces of furniture which have received the communitys attention a dance is planned for march 22 in brookville hall and tickets are being sold in almost every place of business in the central part of the township ready to do battle with the deputation before they leave for queens park friday the popularrepresentation aspect of the proposed regional unit was noted as being dissatisfactory to the township with its tendency towards laige privatelyowned acreages although council felt the lepbypop philosophy would be difficult refute a representation system based on population alone leaves rural areas such as nassagaweya vulnerable to domination by highdensity uijian ajeas in the present system the reeve ant deputyreeve of av municipality ate automatically in embers of county council snd are not technically meeting at the county level as representatives offtheir respective municipalities they are- rather a council designed to adjudicate the affairs ol the county as a whole colncidenlally bringing out the opinions of their locales some urban communities currently feel their mayor should be included in the reglona rfjr county representation deputyreeve mrs anne macarlhur objected to the proposed presence of appointed buieaucrsls to oversee the detiuons and discussion of elected legional councillors she noted the fowu of burlington is currently coming to use rejliratiun if rural northern section his been neglected by council and town departments- since amalgamation of what was then nelson township with burlington a decade ago they have appointed a coiriinlltee to look into the norths problems if neglect is evident on the municipal scale she noted how much more serious would ii become at a regional level councillor art gibson pointed out the agricultural citlren often gives his municipal officials less complaint than hit uiban neighbor and consequently councils tend to the audible complaints before if ever taking a look at the ruisl liuns- problem councillor james walton noted the incluitoo of tsltou with pell in minister mclceoughs regional plan was partly to pievenl pee from selng dominated by the town of mlssisuuga r now lie said we are about to have the same problem on a smaller scale with nassagaweya dominated by its uiban neighbors the possibility wjsfmwjideil that perhaps regional government intent was to provide debentureladen uibsn municipalities with more acreage much of it as in nassagaweyas case debenture free to provide collateral for increased debenture issues if this were the case the rural residents would be footing the bill for services aimed msuily at cotrectlng urban ailments and even if the services such as water and sewage arrived in i be woods iheie would lie an unnecessary duplication jf facilities the rural residents have already provided at their own expense division of nassagaweya for redistribution to her neighbors wjuiiiunmimhiy objected to reeve hoey suggested the secession of burlington to hamilton a possible recommendation of the scheduled steele report would leave llalton devoid of 50 per cent of iter present assessment if the county were gutted in that manner northernmost natsagaweyans might take a second look at the wellington county flag that would mean a change of circumstance and consequently different trends of thought on the township councils part why not say give us the top of burlingtoir and perhaps even the south of wellington instead of expecting to lose land councillor gibson- suggested then w would have a united rural oriented community it wjs even discreetly put fuiwjid the original plunkelt review on regional government might have had a few valid points aciou jftn ptc ninetyfourth year no 36 acton ontario wednesday march 5 1969 sixteen pages tnn cents delegation opposes airstrip at rosslake isquesing council will notify the townships newly farmed planning board of objections from township ratepayers to a proposed airstrip and flying school on 17 sideroad but entertain doubts about whether the board has any jurisdiction over the matter council agreed to do this after a delegation or 17 township residents armed with a petition bearing 140 signatures besieged councillors at their regular monday meeting to protest the tacit approval given the proposed airstrip at the rosslake resort r r 3 georgetown spokesman for the delegation was cooksville solicitor colin marion who said the petition represented ratepayers within an eight mile radius of the proposed airstrip and flying school on property belonging to longtime resident joe ross residents had severs objections to the airstrip but they stressed depreciation of property values as the main objection deputy reeve tom hill took immediate exception to the deputation alleging council had given permission to build an kirport we only gave permission to build a hangar he told the delegation the only way residents can stop the airstrip would be through the department of transport since they controlled licencing of airports mr masson replied that he agreed council does not licence airports but he felt that since they have zoning authority it could restrict an airstrip in the area he claimed that despite mr rosss claim of department of transport approval the department knew nothing of the proposed airstrip he produced a letter which stated the department was unaware of the airstrip but stating the owner was not necessarily contravening any regulation at this stage the delegations spokesman also produced a tetter from mp rud whiting in reply to one from petitioners stating the airstrip could not operate without a licence from he department of transport mr ross has already had a feasibility study canted out and it has been approved by the department councillor ken marshall advised the delegation the solicitor was doing them a disservice by bringing them to council first since mr whiting would be the logical party to approach fust but mr masson said council has issued a permit to build a hangar they can put up a doen twp plans action on tax arrears tax arrears amounting to 540000 accumulating over the past few years were eyed apprehensively by tsquesing council monday night before a resolution passed aimed at collecting the past due accounts councillors thought in many cases penalties werent stiff enough and the township wjs providing cheap money to delinquents a letter sent out to the larger outstanding accounts in november by the township solicitor provoked little payment it was agreed to instruct the solicitor to write letters to all not written before and a second letter to those who failed to reply to novembers letter except for those in arrears of four years or more action will be started to collect on the latter under the involved tax arrears certificate plan of the department of municipal aft airs lands and buildings can become the property of the township under the tax certificate action hangais over ihcic if they waul said reeve george cunie this is under the jurisdiction of the department of transport mr masson said he didnt agree since the department was not concerned with zoning and council was the body tu change that councillor marshall said the department was concerned with zoning around airports the deputy reeve objected to mr massons remark that the depaitment would go ahead with its approval if the township didnt object council hasn t got anything to do with it he asserted reeve currie asked the clerk k c lindsay to relate information he received from guelph township and mr lindsay said he called the guelph township to ask if they had any control over the guelph airport he replied that the township had no control whatever and it was entirely up to the ihurd of transport whether it gives in or not councillor marshall said if the delegation knew the slight inconvenience an airstrip could cause they wouldnt be in the council chambers if it was a golf course youd he all for it and it would cause more traffic than un airstrip he had lived right beside an airport mr masson said the petitioners felt the airstrip would cause more road traffic decrease land values stenlze land on the approaches and were also concerned about restrictions on the height of buildings if it went through he uid the delegation was not opposed to airports per se hut fell it could be located on a better spot the use is not compatible to the residential use developing on adjoining lands he claimed the township planning board could consider a prevention bylaw until an official plan for the township was approved mr masson said his clients were concerned because the area could end up like the toronto island airport reeve currie advised the delegation the petition should go to the m p first and he would gel in touch with the minister or transport at this point dr f w brown stood up and suid that subsequent to the letter he had met with mr whiting and he is waiting for councils decision he maintained a zoning bylaw would stop the proposal und asked planning hoard ne advised and a public meeting held to discuss the plan pleading lack of time to present a full case he acknowledged losing considerable sleep and time over this 1 he loss of sleep was unnecessary replied councillor marshall dr brown said he did not question the building permit but the implication of it sooner or later the airstrip will be licensed and well be sjildled with a type of land use incompatible with existing land use he called un council to represent the ratepayers as well as mr ross and the two men who want to build thestiip another delegate professor bird said he was concerned since the area had a happy environment up to this point he related a personal experience where a plane landed on his farm tconttnued oh pag 3 page layout man john cunningham arid sports staffer charlie thomson key men admire tho award certificate presented tha free press for sports page and sports coverage at the ottawa convention ol tha ontario weekly newspapers association the free press was judged second among all tho woekbes for its sports staff photo hydro staff agrees to wage proposals wjgcs for the year were discussed wild employees when the hydro commission met last thursday evening all member of the staff were present fur the meeting in the hydro building after the remuneration was outlined all staff members agreed to the proposals superintendent doug ma win had been in touch with the consumers branch of the ontario ii h pc and proposals were made to increase the capacity of he two transformer station that feed the town prices are to be submitted to the commiuioti for the needed transformers and substation structural change it is expected these will be ready for he next meeting of the commission the advertising campaign for the year wjs outlined and advertisements were instructed to he placed in the free press owner reluctantly decides abandon flying school plan reeve george currie wlnghem flyers is acton lion announced at mondays meeting allan mckenzle the acton of the ttvemahlp council that the teem was eliminated from the county rate would be lower this veer he declined to say by how playoffs sunday story and picture on the sports staff photo rosslake resort rrno 3 georgetown ontario it has been brought to my attention that a large number of residents including neighbors are taking an apprehensive view of the flying school segment which 1 had considered but not completely accepted into our airport service in respect for my neighbors and attitudes or opinions of others i have made the decision to abandon that segment of the enterprise it is my understanding that those who oppose the flying school operation are completely satisfied with the proposed airport and maintenance facilities we plan to offer and can assure the owners of light planes that our two engineers ore second to none in qualifications it will however be a major disappointment for the young flying instructor whose ambition to operate his own business in a growing neighborhood is ended it is not easy to submit my decision to him particularly when a great future seemed to be open to him most of us know what it is like to have our little world crash around us but i remind this young man that the road of piogress if- full of defeats but victory always lies ahead it is my belief that the only answer to the heavy toll of highway accidents and the congested condition of highways lies in the air a great future iks ahead for our youth in this endeavour let us advance progressively with them joe rosa bern van fleet and lloyd mclntyre cut the cheese at the firelighter stag saturday night an annual event to honor citizens who assisted the acton brigade during the past year chef doug mason prepared the roast beef dinner with help from various members of the brigade dr allan buchanan showed movie films end gave commentary on a trip to the holy land for the brigade and their guests fire chief mick holmes was chalrmanisteff photo