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One Hundredth Year No 16 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCT 16 1974 Twenty E Pages 1 Cents Residents form Association To fight Speyside quarry About irate residents of Iho area gathered at the school Friday night to discuss the proposed quarry site in that area Moat of the people present have homes bordering land the Sand and Gravel I Id bought In for quarrying The purpose of the meeting was to show the people living In the area the damage and inconvenience the quarry will cause Mr and Mrs Wilson Date and Mr and Mrs Jim Sheldon hove studied the project extensively in the past two years and decided to call upon other concerned you do not With that he went on to explain the situation they ore oil in Hearing On November Con Sand and Gravel Ltd are going to the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing to have the proposed site re zoned from rural to industrial extractive At this point It Is almost definite the board will turn down this suggestion However from here Con can go the Ontario government to persuade them a quarry is needed thtrc If they get their own way operations will commence in two or three The area in question is GOO acres of land between he tenth to the 15 Highway to Nassogaweya Mr Sheldon and Mr Dale hope to talk the Ontario government into buying Ihla land from the company So for the residents of Speyside area hove o number of allies to help them at the hearing That evening a Area Association was formed This group expects to have the support of council the of Ontario the Bruce Trail Association the Sierra club and Niagan Commission If enough people of the area ire Interested a lawyer will be hired to defend their case it he hearing If a quirry were to go in according to Wilson Dale the watershed would be damaged thus affecting nearby wells Ian Jennings a representative of Con Sand and Gravel I td lold the angry group hat any damages done to their property Including their wells would be repaired or replaced by his company The fact that the wildlife would be driven away from the area because or the loud and the many trucks travelling in the urea was also one of Dole s arguments Dynamiting and crushing of gravel would go on almost hours a day These Wakathon on Saturday Will be fair to both fairs WILSON DALE of the 15th sideroad was the catalyst in the forming of the Speyside Area Ratepayers Association Although Acton Agricultural Society had requested council months ago matter is still not resolved finance personnel committee Tuesday decided to get more information on both Acton and Georgetown Snowmobile Clubs will help patrol areas Representatives from the Acton and Georgetown Snow mobile Clubs appeared at the Hills Works Com meeting lost night OtL 15 to ask for permission to travel on rural area roads when necessary The Georgetown club now have some written and some verbal permission to travel on land totalling 100 acres in township Boiler delays pool opening However in some cases it is necessary to travel on the roads to avoid trespassing on unauthorized property Most of their land is comprised of the eighth and part of the seventh concession and four and f ve concessions This area is mainly around SiUercrcek and Limehouse On lake The Acton club also has the Casual to the school swimming pool would pother that everything in shape and ready to go Boiler problems are still there however according to Lion Art Cordon Hi suebhIs that November date now be tons dcred The project chairman says that most things have been stamped with of lhc of Health but until all wrinkles have been completely ironed out and the pool proves itself for two or three weeks after swimming begins public open house will nut bo organized Speculation It take those few to know for sure things ore running properly says Mr Gordon He is expecting to get more information on what plans are in the making for Ihe public i- vent at the next Lions Club to be held this week and Blue Springs areas are the mom snowmobiling spots for the club However if the lake in that area is not frozen solid enough to travel on this group also has to use the road There is no law or by law the present lime giving rood privileges police was agreed upon by both clubs representatives and the committee that the two official groups help police in law breaking tres passers Both clubs now have such an agreement with local police have been aiding them in previous years If a member of the Acton club is fined he has to pay the fine plus contribute double whatever it is to a club kitty The matter has been set aside until local police can be consulted fairs before reaching a ditision Members agreed they should be fair to the both fairs Last year Acton fair was e a from Acton council and from council No figure was shown in the Hills budget Georgetown Agricultural did not make a requeM for a grant although last ytor they received from Georgetown council and from Value Councillor Horry Levy pointed out Georgetown fair illy received far more than that in kind He estimated the value of park preparation and by men at In Acton the fair board members arc in charge of the clean up They made use of a Hills garbage packer and hired the high school Outers club to help Rename Hufnagel A motion was moved and carried last night at the Hills works committee meeting that be officially renamed Com Court This would make it uniform with the other end of the street The recommendation goes to full council next week More details are announced this week on the men sponsored Saturday Plans have been set for a bus provided by Tyler bus lines to leave from the 30 with provision for M Bennett pupils to be picked up at the Becker plaza The wolk will begin from a point five miles north of to proceed south through across Highway to west to Third Line and to the walk end at Z Bennett school Rests Host stops have been set at public school with others at corners of Highway and Seventh I Ino and at Andy King principal or school him 1 reed to let walkers use washroom facilities at the Mr Rossi owner or Ann restaurant located at High way and Seventh Line has given the same permission Instructions arc that pupils must bring yellow sponsor sheet for bus transportation interested In assisting in the are requested to phone man Ed Leathcrland at 853 2G0B Mr Leathcrland is chairman of the project Council in deep water on pool staff hiring Lines to be painted to designate lanes The at the sharp in the rood on Queen will hopefully be tie up soon Works Committee last night Oct 14 is looking into pointing of lines on road to designate the lanes There will be one lane in each direction with wide paved shoulders This will be similar to the new lines in Cpl Bob Arbour of the felt making four lane traffic would only cause speeding problems Councillor J Hurst was concerned about the residents of the section entering and leaving their driveways Hurst gets bouquet Councillor Joe Hurst never promised council a but he did a tremendous job on the tea garden at the International Plowing Match according to Councillor as lie com mended Hurst for his work at the Halton Hills tent and trailer He was always there and never seemed to falter along the way said He did a marvellous job for the town and deserves a hearty vote of thanks from council Modestly Hurst claimed a large share of the credit was due Councillor Miller and everybody else who pitched in The remarks were made following a report from Hurst where he said 10200 cups of coffee were served during the five day Plowing Match with the town staying well within its budget for the tent trailer and coffee He said there might be a small extra expense for the floral decoration which was damaged when the tent came down Sunday Hills council got Into deep on the question of hiring a swimming pool supervisor and aquatics supervisor The immediate need for pool supervisor at the almost completed Acton swimming pool wai not disputed hut the question of aquatics supervisor took hours of discussion An administration com mittec recommendation urged the advertising for the aquatics supervisor mediately with Ihe job to start In January while a finance committee recom wonted the position to be advertised in January and the job to start when the Georgetown pool was ready Councillor Pat McKenzle questioned the need for an aquatics supervisor He asked if there was to be two pool supervisors and an aquatics supervisor If so I don t know how the people arc going to pay for recreation the way things are going Councillor Boy Booth said there would be only one pool supervisor located In Acton while the one aquatics supervisor would rv I Georgetown pool and run the swimming program for both indoor pools and outdoor pool Councillor said Booth had said the opposite the previous night You said there would oe two pool supervisors and an overall aquatic supervisor Booth apologized if he had left that impression but said he had checked and now could definitely state there would be one pool supervisor and one aquatics supervisor Councillor Mike Armstrong suggested the motion be changed to hiring a pool supervisor for each pool We don want to got into the fire chief situation he warned Councillor Duby said he didn want people being programmed to death He there could be so many restrictions no one themselves After a long debate council decided to go w ith the finance committee recommend not to advertise for aquatics supervisor until January The position has been advertised previously but according to Booth the Recreation Director found no suitable applicants PLAYING FIREMAN during the Open house at the fire hall Saturday are Brian Canary Clark Oakley and Billy Hills all of Kingham Road Lloyd Mclntyre hands out pamphlets to the boys The open house was part of fire prevention week in Halton Legion land appraisal before cash settlement A switch In opinion by Hills council Tuesday night of last week first reduced the cash payment in lieu of five per cent parkland to be paid by Acton Legion to JIG 500 then wiped out both ideas and okayed an appraisal of the The single family lots bounded by Mill Street Cameron Street and Fairy Lake are owned by the Branch Legion Discuss poor record Trustees from the Board of Education and Sec school principals will hold closed door session Oct 15 to discuss poor attend a nee records In the region s secondary schools The board expressed eon about the lack of attend a nee at classes in most of the region secondary schools Board Chairman Bill said the in camera session would make for more frank and honest discussion Press barred for CoHisoti report ROLLER DERBY DAYS were revived by teachers Shirley Menifee and Paula Curran on Friday at the high school They participated along with most students in popular Greaser Day More inside on the Youth Page Hilts ad minis Ira lion committee decided to hear recreation department head Doug Colli sons report in to a brief given to council last week by the Acton citizens committee In camera Collison submitted the report on October 10 and the meeting was last night The councillors and came lo the con clusion that the press should be barred from the meeting while the report was given and discussed because personalities were involved The Acton group had complained to council that they were being ignored and were not involved ay Collison in Acton recreation activities planning ice Tuesday There could be ice in Ihe arena by next Tuesday if the weather stays cold It expected that the new plastic boards should all be installed by Wednesday today Icemaking equip ment will be turned on soon as the work is done Warm weather however could change things whose new building adjoins the property Councillors Joe Hurst and it McKenzle sponsored the motion to reduce the amount to contending it was raw viced land Hurst said he agreed council should set the amount not the applicant so he said he hod added so per cent to the figure suggested first by Ihe Recreation This Is special ap plication said Hurst He claimed the Legion will be developing the land around as recreation lond which will be available to Legion members and their families In that a lot of people he added Hurst claimed the reduced cash payment would he reflected In the cost of the homes I don t think Hills would suffer at not even at 11 Hurst urged special con be given this case and said he hoped the less mercenary members of council would endorse his motion Councillor Booth warned council they would be setting a policy where anyone who wants to develop land could go to a service club and ask them to take it over I don mean to imply this is true in this case he added claimed developers give five percent for park land and slated was loo much He said the per cent added Hurst to the Legions figure was generous formula Councillor repeated his stand of the pre vious night calling for an established formula to arrive at a fair figure He said neither of the figures were justified by any formula and advocated on appraisal be made of the land and then the five per cent amount decided Acting Mayor Em Hyde admitted in normal stances the amount was too low but reminded council the Legion was a service club Hurst pointed out the recreation land would be a large park without sports activities Just a place to relax and walk by the lake great asset to town Mickey Mouse Councillor Harry Levy said me method at a figure been described as Mickey Mouse the night before hut this method was more Mickey Mouse He said it was ponsibie and he could not support either or figure how Georgetown arrived at a figure when cash was being paid in lieu of parkland Morrow said he thought it but warned an appraisal would cost more than the difference between two figures The Hurst amendment reducing the amount from tie 500 worried by vote margin but two DENISE BOLTON likes her new job For more pictures and story turn inside today s paper minutes later another intendment delaying any cash settlement until an appraisal was made passed also by one vote margin One councillor switched their vote from one motion to the next Council to be planning body months of prompting by Councillor I Hills council decided to take over planning mat a function previously handled by the ad mm committee Ml along backed by Morrow maintained planning matters should be discussed in front of tht whole council so all members knew of any proposals for devtlopment had pointed out the question had to come t committee of the whole after tht administration com anyway and so was a repetition Tuesday night council decided committee of the whole would sit as the phnnlng committee every other Tuesday Mayor Tom Hill who was jway during the meeting said he agreed with the decision It takes it out of the jurisdiction of three or four members he commented He said it cuts out one step of Ihe red tape and speeds things up a bit Chambers unite Possible future amalgamation of and Chambers of Commerce was discussed at a Joint meeting of the executives in Georgetown Aclon president Betty Fast wood said various aspects of a possible merger were debated and apparently looked on favorably by the Acton group The meeting was well and the memebers from each town spent a very pleasant evening together she slid