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rocky road to industrial park the fulurt of acton ix yctr old industrial park it in tome doubt following engineer kerf hyde luipcisc announcement that the propoied road will encounter rock formation mr hydd u making in immediate further ttudy of the new problem the original toad allowance had recently beetl changed due to a promoted kafe he revealed the difficulty at no 2 committed meeting on may 6 and lb matter wu introduced tgsln it regular council meeting tuesday vocal dlicotirsgement resulted from the unexpected ttlback at i remit of the disclosure an offer of pufcliau ftom wink heller and company limited wai tabled andunl to no i committee an offer from acton wood products to purcliase three and a half acres wis refer ted back to committee at well im having second thoughts about thit whole industrial park muted councillor bill coatt should we spend money to develop thit or ihould we get out now commented the mayor wryly were put into this petition because we failed to put them roads in before we havent done anything to take responsibility and prepare the lott for sale the problem liaralways been there answered t oakes but council ii retacianl to spend money until they taw the pot of gold the engineer had asked a two week extemlonto report on the road tituatfon and then eili mates for services can he made recalled the mayor 1 he engineer already made sod test hut now we are changing the road and its running into the rock belf councillor coats uid it was last years council that sold off part of the original road allowance we ttilj havent really sold the first lot added councillor masales we cant afford to nui services in for small parcels said councillor marks no i committee will consider the new engineering problem afer heurug councillors wonder if it was feasible to proceed 1 lie beit wjy to rep3truniie of actons existing but jumpy roads is one of the in iltersninder disumiou at a special meeting tint nlnrning widneday at idutuil meeting clerk- administrator joe lluist told couiicillnis the meeting was ul up with the town engineer and department o highways engineers and is being allcndid by t own representatives iiilluding the mayor one of the subject under consideration will be the advisability of slurry seal treatment for some of the streets the capital works program for roads will be discussed since the highway supplemental bylaws will have to lie submitted before the end of the month slurry seal lop ing tar and stone instead of paving was apprised by dr oakes jit otmld give good service to more people lie felt omniuiee minutes passed by council indicated engineer llycfei estimate for mad aosis for pjvm i jkevlew subdivision bower ave from willow to wilbur and the mill st extension ut mill and park mr hyde was unable to lutun estimate for the industrial load due to the rock formation the long awaited subdivides agreement t2 long pages was accepted in principle schedules will be added for each specific case and each agreement will come hack to council two subdividers ate ready to lie gin right now clerk hurst said the agreement vets out the towns basic requirements for subdividers do hoioeowuers in new sultdivisious waul sidewalks or not opinion of councillor was divided when a letter was lead concerning udeujlk changes m the proposed re i ml an seyuuck subdivision deputy reeve tyler felt strongly tlut ide walks should tx required on hoth sides of all streets fnmn he la ginning councillor marks ind mayor duhy both reported instances of lioimowmrs heing very happy to be without sidewalks the letter also included tliice propmed street natues for the new area i nc hannn and norman sts the nutter went back to committee for discussion i ven dying is gelling more expensive tuesday t veiling council passed resolutions increasing the cost of cornerstones and the purchase of cemetery lots in certain cases due lo mere tsed costs in material and freight jie iletfct monumcwt nmpaiiy ol i eigus informed council ihe pife for oite sel ol corihistixies will lie so ind so the pine to purchasers here will lx increased to su per sel mxallul from so ouiiesl ilso apptoved ch irging iiou residents or lion landowners in the lovsn j per cenl more fur eeinelery plots and perpetual care here hiiges continued on paqe 1 mysterious bird eludes pursuers lt tmx mttt tt nlntyiwri ymt no 44 comdf ames vk brhtow board member former public school trustee vic brittow wit named lo till the vicancy on alton planning board following a vote by ballot at council meeting tuesday night lie will till trie vacancy caused by the resignation of outlet perry planning board secretary lain willlami had written council iking a replacement be named planning board it now up to full nrength false alarm en thursday acton firefighters answered call last thursday evening about q 20 for a ham fire along 25 sideroad but could find no trace of a fire the rural truck went along the full length of the fire area along the sideroad before turning back nd retracing the route several phone calls were also placed in an effort to trace the fire after almost an hour of searching firefighters assumed the call was a false alarm j ruth qow passes exams ruth a clow secretary at the c a johnson real estate office recently wrote the teal estate salesman examinations and was successful with a mark of 8 per cent the examinations are set by the department of financial and commercial affairs real estate and brokers act a graduate of acton schools miss clow will now be in charge of the property management department of the firm one of her first duties is to rent the new apartment buildings on churchill rd acton ontario wfdnesoay may 14 1949 tvaniy pt hfltfi otaf 90 lively mrs lantz celebrates birthday a well known and long time resident of acton mrs ii lantz happily celebrated her 90lh birthday surrounded by family and friends here now a resident of hal ton manor she was the guest of honor at the party her family arranged for mothers day over 1 15 attended the event in the mary lllcn anderson room of knox church sunday afternoon lively mri lantz has a very familiar voice to many actonians she was night operator for sonic time and she and her husband managed the telephone exchange from 1022 to l4s living in the same building its now the legion ibll almost all her family attended the happy occasion sunday this includes four daughters and a son mrs stanley coy clara willowdale mrs harold sutchffe mane st cbir mich mrs ray garden isabel willowdale stuart untz guelph and mrs ross robertson grace milton 1 1 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren only one missing was bill sutchffe whos in california there were guests trom detroit st clair toronto mrs g h lantz calibrated har 00th birthday surrounded by family and friends in tho knox mary ellen anderson room sunday afternoon staff photo iwhetcchjn ruth a clow at its regular meeting tuesday council also approved a request from the association for the mentally retarded to conduit a nuihng campaign of the town during canadian mental retardation week may ii to 1 7 forwarded to the acton development commission j letter from the chairman of the georgetown industrial commission suggesting a joint commission be set up for the town of georgetown township of esquesing and acton councillor tyler added a warning that acton shouldnt be conned into setting up a georgetown region learned the b phillips co limited would take a look at the towns elevated water tank and prepare specifications and price for its removal they were requested to go ahead learned peel st residents from acton blvd to churchill rd wanted to know how to proceed for the installation of a sidewalk under local improvements filed a request for support from the national ski team fund approved routine bylaws allowing borrowing of money for the wjtcr pollution control pljnt and storm sewers on tyler likevicw and blrnore approved rcbjtc lo roy goodwin for eight months on his tobacco sale luense since pjrk ind recreation committee did nut accept his arena booth tender heard a committee decision that the decoration day committee secretary be informed that due to the uncertainty ot the north boundary line it is not feasible to consider lencing the pioneer cemetery at the present the committee lud first requested complete fencing of the cemetery in may 1967 received copies of a submiuion by the township of esquesing to the minister of education in protest of the amount and the division of the proposed levy of the hilton county board of education learned superintendent dubys estimate of sis9i for repairs to the brock st bridge involved the town workmen doing the excavating costs will be submitted for a retaining wall and sidewalk ojkvtllc iluilinglon willnwdjlc iliiuilloii lljiiie port i ikiii ijindon diiclph ticnrclown milton owen sound kitihcncr i vcrton jnd alton tea itinvcneri were two nicies mrs mary mcourn of luelph and mis wilta sinclair of ciuclpli and five granddaughters served the bejutlful pink and white table ccnlrepieic wjs the gift of the hurst family and there was a plant from acton womens institute of which she was a member mrs lant wjs proud to receive a framed plaque from premier robarts a telegram from prime minister trudeau jnd messages from members of parliament jim snow and rud whiting she also rcicived over 100 birthday cards mrs lanlr was born in lrin township daughter of james and mary gamble and came to acton in 1016 cheery and energetic mrs lanti made a host of friends over the years she thoroughly enjoyed her big birthday party desnite her 00 years was she tired not one bit she exclaimed delightedly housing delay irks couitcl more growing pains were felt by acton council when they learned tuesday night that another hearing on the zoning bylaw will be requued the dale is tet for thursday june 12 in the council chambers alt those who objected previously will be notified this will produce another delay in the re zoning amendment bylaw to rezone the brown property on cobblclull road from r2 to rm to accommodate the proposed senior citizens and gea red- toin come housing and the councillors termed the latest turn of events a predicament and a dilemma complained mayor duby this urgent application is bogged down by red tape its ridiculous many are inquiring about the new housing clerk joe hurst said he will make contact with officials to attempt to speed up approval for the proposed new housing units action mayors wafdword enthused by last weekends conference of town officials at renfrew mayor les duby found the delays reflected throughout acton councils agenda irksome on tuesday evening action was lus frequent reminder to fellow councillors throughout the long meeting and at the end of it after 1 1 p m he declared maybe were spending too much time and getting too little done actons six nun delegation at the annual conference of the town and village section of the ontario municipal association included the mayor deputyreeve ted tyler councillors g w mckenzie bill coats orv chapman and clerkadministrator joe hurst during the conference renfrew held the official opening of their new 650000 water pollution control plant ours is costing 750000 they started theirs earlier and got more for their money the mayor declared think hard about these delays he advised seriously he said the conference was most successful and valuable with twice the attendance of previous ones and twice the enthusiasm it was a great pleasure to the actonians at one dinner to find our own john barr as guest speaker representing the ontario water resources commission the people there said mr duby are so grateful for what the commission and john have done then when dorcy mckeougli arrived with him was a former rockwood man john mowat of the assessment department who was wellknowr here as a hockey and boll player looking back over the program and the knowledge gained for acton the mayor philosophized we cant just play in our own back yard any more wins two awards college of music lorna siyers daughter of mr and mrs james sayers r r 4 acton was the winner of two awards from the trinity college of music a bronze medal for placing first and highest in honors in her grade of music and a proficiency award for the highest marks in canada presentation was made by the president of the canadian trinity teachers association daniel tail at the metropolitan music library toronto may 10 lorna is a pupil of dorothy richardson scull crowd toatnl corp mason and all the men of the opp detachment here have attended fullday courses in crowd control at hamilton armories silver medallist performs at recital julie smith daughter of mr and mrs i imer smith r r i acton performed the caprice impromptu by cuthbert harris at the metropolitan mumc library the evening of may i the occasion was the presentation recital by pupils of teachers trom the canadian trinity teachers association all pupils playing in this recital had been auditioned previously ensuring a high calibre of performances throughout the recital julie was the recipient of a silver medal for placing first in high honor marks in her grade of music in the last examinations held at he georgetown centre and is a pupil of dorothy richardson scull the view from the bennettthack patio window chows the ttrange bird which drew doens of curious bird watcher the bird was positively identified as a young peacock hy high cehool vice principal joe dray staff photo mr ind mrs i red llcnnclt ijo i tntore drive were miipnud sunday evening to ee a large bird in heir hack yard which skirls a dense cedar hush it wji hkc nothing they hid seen before relatively lame ealing bread crumbs and seed they threw out for it vveial neighbors also saw the bird hm ihhu could identify it some thought it wis 1 peahen others thought it was some species ol waterfowl mondjy morning the hird was still here mrs itenneil called neighbors mrs kevin onroy and mrs ijed new they tirgnucd an impromptu bird watching ctuh equipped with hinocutars and an encyclopedia replete with identifying bird pictures mrs onroy called the i rce press and a photographer went over to take some pictures of the big bird shy il wouldnt gel too close so we filled the hinoctilars over the tens and tried to shoot the bird from inside the house the i ice press plumed the department ol ljnds and i crests in hcspclcr and c onscrvalion officer dale gartley said thai in his opinion without seeing the bird it was prohahly a waterfowl noting in the wouds the ladies didnt tliiuk so monday al noon the wee press contacted joe rray vice principal at the high school he went lo have a look al the bird and immediately identified it as a young peacock the peacock is still hanging around despite efforts by the acton detachment of the o p p to catch it with the help of three boys the bird was just too slippery a customer for the police and helpers the peacock is still strutting around accepting handouts from he bennetts and their neighbors so far no one has been able to establish where the bird came from and how it got in he woods behind the llcnnclt home a man from gait said he may bring a peahen down and try to cjpturc the bird with the oldest enticement known to man meanwhile the bennetts and their neighbors wonder who the peacock belongs to expect davis answer on municipal levies by thursday meeting board of education officials are hopeful details that could affect the municipal levies for their budget will be revealed prior lo he boards thursday meeting board officials presented two briefs to the minister of education iciently outlining the problems in the adjusted rate used to calculate municipal levies the problem the brief suggested was in not making allowances for rcjsscssment that had taken place in malum following the ministers address in oakvillc mondjy lie assured board officials they would have their answer by wednesday the reassessment problem affects 80 provincial municipalities trustee doug wood told the board thursday he reported the minister received the briefs sympathetically and promised an early asnwer if we get some consideration from the minister it will be in spue of not because of the attendance of oakville councillors trustee wood hit and run willa hewitts car parked behind acton creamery received an estimated 65 damage when struck by in unknown vehicle saturday the incident was reported tb acton opp 800 damage a singlecar accident on 20 sideroad esquesing wednesday evening caused 800 damageto a umcliouse mans car police aald the driver gordon booth of r r 1 umehouse was unhurt commented three members of oakville council attended the meeting with the minuter at the invitation of the board margfo hodrnik grafwrta of ataik mis margie mackenzie of acton has graduated from acadia university wolfville nova scotia on may 6 with her bachelor of arts degree she rrujored in economics and also received her diploma in secretarial science she received the secretarial science club prize she will be working for the economic council of canada in ottawa she is the daughter of mrs lois mackenzie and the late ken mackenzie mrs mackenzie attended her daughters graduation as well as her grandparents mr and mrs p aitken of pictou ns margib mackenzie