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Quarry garbage OK with professor NEWCOMER TO ACTON Mrs Susan Pratt was elected to the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce last week Photo by K Dills Plaque In his final year as Mayor of Acton will be the recipient of a plaque recognizing his 10 years of faithful service Deputyreeve Peter Marks who chairs councils administration committee suggested that a plaque be Inscribed to honor Mayor Duby The mayor has been in office since April Very few men reach this plateau without something Interfering with their activities Reeve Pat McKenzle said last night Tuesday in praise of the mayor Former reeve praises workmen Former Reeve Bert Hlnton dropped Into the council chambers last night Tuesday to recognize the efforts of town workmen In rapidly removing dust and dirt from town streets this year It was off the street and not down the drains This saved the town a lot of money the former reeve remarked I just had to drop In for a moment to pay tribute to the town staff for the Job theyve done An independent opinion was sought for the Chamber of Com merce second meeting on the garbage problem Wednesday Prof Webber of the Uni versity of Guelph brought a new perspective to the problem of land disposal of urban wastes About members and guests demonstrated as he pointed out the good life we lead during dinner with steak vegetable salad rolls wine dessert and coffee These may be the golden years of the century Mr Webber told the wellsatisfied diners But for every pound and a half each person had eaten many more pounds of waste were created and a few more ounces of waste would be flushed away with gallons of water Each person creates a thousand pounds of garbage a year Its part of our luxurious good life and we may have to give some of it up Prof Webber warned Three ways After detailing specific aspects of waste creation Prof Webber proceeded to the result and the fact that people no longer want to be party to open dumps He con tinued In a surprisingly interesting way to review dump incineration and recycling Recycling is going to come and were going to pay for It he predicted yet mentioned snags that have yet to Tie worked out In the system Then to Acton problem-i-pos- We deposit of garbage in quarries where we can hide It for a few generations One of better schemes He admitted frankly that with limitations we wont rant and rave against this one He had toured the site that morning determining water location by sight However he specifically listed requirements which should be agreed to before such a dumping project began First At no time should garbage be in contact with the ground water either seasonal or permanent water At Pickering for instance the water is too close Seal base Second The quarry base must be sealed graded bo the percolate can be collected before it goes onto the rock About half the rainwater will get to the garbage Prof Webber said Its a strong waste that comes of f don t let anybody kid von of nitrogen and phos phorous and must be kept out of the groundwater He said there were various ways to seal the base The liquid waste he suggested could be squirted back on the land as Ive already seen done on the south side of town A final cover should have at least two feet of soil to grow an excellent crop of grass to use up rainfall before it reaches the waste Lastly he said some provision must be made to vent this garbage Methane gas in decomposing garbage can cause erosions No company will be given per mission to proceed with this type of operation until all the require ments have been met including a full report and public hearing have been held Prof Webber assured his listeners You hove assurances that you do have protection And the license can be revoked If the public can prove malpractice Two films were shown the first of a recycling plant now in ef fective operation in Franklin Ohio and the second on a University of project At garbage and sewage sludge are put on test fields In varying amounts and crops of com are fully tested Favorite answer The question and answer period was lively and Prof Webber sometimes forced to give what he called his favorite answer I dont know C of C secretary Mrs Betty Eastwood voiced her conclusions with which the guest speaker heartily agreed Indusmin is not our enemy she declared We should make our voices heard in government for money for research into recycling and dis posal methods We should be urging Ottawa to tackle a national problem and we will be taxed for it Prof Webber nodded lets explore alternatives At the present time recycling methods only work for 38 per cent of the garbage and the rest Its too thick to drink and too thin to plow Can do It here Can we afford to take the remotest chance wondered William Johnson organizer of GUARD the antidumping group He reported on present re cycling in Nassagaweya and Brendan agreed this could be easily done in Acton with three boxes In each home one for papers one for tins and one for bottles and pressure for separate collections Webber pointed out home recycling had been tried not too successfully In Burlington Separation must be precise clean newsprint with no colored inks scrap paper card different colors of glass cans separated into Iron and aluminum Most women havent time he said and the whole family would have to do it Paul Nielsen repeated to Prof Webber his thought that maybe the waste could be mined years hence and Found the first person to agree with htm might make money both from storing the waste and then from selling the resource years later the professor thought Allan Eastwood introduced him George Scott thanked him and Mrs Eastwood presented a gift of pottery Director elected Mrs Susan Pratt was elected to fill the vacancy on the board of directors following the resig nation of Bob Drink waiter Three were nominated the others Ralph Kelly and Don Murdy Voting was by ballot Mrs Pratt spoke briefly explaining she has only lived In town since February but wants to become involved in the com munity She and her husband Tom Pratt were welcomed as new members The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1973 2000 to Loans on homes farms tots cottages commercial buildings Money for home Improvements consolidation of bills In tact for any pur pose Writs or telephone to p today hour local service Prompt JUST 3 DAYS J LEFT TO SAVE IN THE GIGANTIC MASTER FEEDS SPRING SALE Stewarttown Georgetown Hit run NEW EXECUTIVE of Acton Progressive Conservative Association was elected Friday front row secretary Valeric Schcpannek president Gail Maltby second vicepresident Donna Aitken back row treasurer Brian CargiU first vicepresident John Shadbolt vicepresident Ross Ballentine The held in the Music Centre Photo by K Dills THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorliad as Second Class Malt Postal Registration Number 0515 A hit and run accident last Thursday Is being investigated by Acton O Owner of the damaged parked car is Bette Ann Gardln of 2 Police estimated minimum damage to the left aide at The car was parked on Mill St E HOLY WEEK SERVICES With Guest Minister Rev John M Wilkie MA BD DD From First Grove United Church Wlllowdale SERVICES AT Trinity United Church Palm Sunday April 15 At pm ONE THING I HAVE DESIRED Tuesday April 17 At a pm ONE THING THOU LACKEST Wednesday April 18 At pm ONE THING I DO EVERYONE MOST CORDIALLY INVITED m FLOWER MOP Wires blow down EASTER LILIES POTTED PLANTS CORSAGES HYDRANGEAS FRESH CUT FLOWERS OPEN DAYS A WEEK Phone 8532739 ACTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Citizen of the Year DinnerDance AT THE ACTON M0SIC CENTRE ON SATURDAY APRIL 21st TO HONOR CITIZENOF THE YEAR GEORGE ELLIOTT Cocktail Hour Dinner Dancing to The Shaynes Admission per person Tickets Available From Executive Members burn quarry man Gerald Livingston of IS Gower St Georgetown suffered burns to his right side and left wrist in a freak accident with blown down hydro wires near Monday at 30p An employee of J C Duff Quarries on the Fifth line Livingston told police he was leaving the quarry by the company road when he spotted what seemed to be a fence in an adjacent field He knew a bulldozer had been operating there that day so he went over to Investigate grabbing at the fence wires The fence turned out to wires which had fallen along with a hydro pole As a result Livingston was burned on his side and left wrist Mondays high winds apparently blew down the pole which trans mitted hydro to a nearby residence The injured marl was taken to Georgetown District Hospital by an unidentified motorist and then transferred to Peel Memorial Hospital at Brampton Simultaneously the live wires were instrumental in setting nearby grass afire which resulted In a call to the Acton fire brigade about nine oclock The high winds fanned flames but firefighters soon had them out Both incidents happened on the Fifth line Esquesing about half- mile north of Lunehouse SUPERMARKET 9 MILL ST 8530650 BINGO Lie No 1000 JACKPOT 57 20 Games at tW Per Gome No Charge CARDS 3 FOR 100 Burgundy Club Norval 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