Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 13, 1974, p. 2

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The Acton Free Press Wed Nov Antinoise bylaw squeaks through Third reading of an antinoise bylaw squeaked through Hills council Tuesday night after being branded a bunch of nonsense by two councillors This bylaw objects to everything but motherhood It tries to stop children and bells ringing whoever tries to enforce this will hear bells ringing in his head remarked Councillor Ernie Councillor Roy Booth retorted Many things we dont comprehend we are opposed to He claimed he received many calls last year when a sound truck was hawking its wares at ten at night tie admitted the bylaw would be difficult to administer but claimed it was better to have a bylaw if it is needed than not have one at all Well theyll have to catch me New Years Eve commented Mayor Tom Hill who has made a practice of ringing the church bell at midnight On the recorded vote Councillors Howitt Miller Sykes and Mayor Hill were opposed and councillors Hurst Armstrong Booth McKemlc Levy and were in favor Councillors Morrow and Hyde were absent Taxi tariffs up DAMAGE to Norton school bus resulted Wednesday on Main S Police report a dump trucks brakes failed and it rolled into the bus driven by Maureen Feller RR Acton William Burton Brampton was the driver of the truck which had estimated damage Passing Sheridan college student Brian Marchese OakviUe took the picture Car lands on roof after Sunday crash crash Sun day afternoon at 3 30 sent four car landed upside down on the hospital when their smashed middle of Highway Seven by the curve on the road opposite Georgetown Moronic Temple Heir smashed Rosemary Crawford and her two children Kcllv and Town continued from page 1 questioned by Councillor Levy about the tardiness of the bylaw when the Ministry had initialled changes on August and it was Nov 11 administrator Usher said the problem had been that no plots had been set aside for cremations and stillbirths and he had to create sections in both the Catholic and Protestant sections of the cemetery for such burials There had also been a delay to get approval of the new sections from the Ministry Im concerned said Councillor Levy We are losing revenue and giving Mr Hinton grounds to go at us If we had had approvalsthere would have been no problems The committee noted the financial report showed a profit on canine control but there was some overspending on the garbage pickup The treasurer said the garbage budget was overspent because hey had not included landfill costs In the estimates Treasurer Henderson also noted startup grants of had been received from the province with Interest to offset costs when the town needed the money He said he had also received external and in ternal grants of and respectively which helped make the financial I picture brighter Is there anything else council should know about asked Levy No Henderson replied Would you tell us If there was asked the chairman i facetiously Yes replied the treasurer in the same vein No advisory Continued from One council to the Acton advisory committee and Joint meetings of all advisory groups recreation staff and administration committee will be held no less than quarterly Council agreed to circulate plans of subdivision to the concerned recreation ad visor group for comment pertaining to dedication of lands for park purposes or money in lieu of parkland They would also be asked to comment on the Impact of additional residents on recreational facilities The final recommendation endorsed by council stated the advisory groups would hold no less than monthly meetings Traffic changes made by council Kim were taken hospital by a bystander They were treated for cuts and bruises Mrs Edith Crawford was placed on blankets by the roadside until Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance arrived and took her to hospital She also suffered only and bruises The driver or the wrecked 70 Volvo Dan Crawford of Mill Street escaped unhurt The driver of the other car a Chev Donald Trimble of Tottenham also escaped unhurt Assured by Hills flnnnce committee they set their own tariffs without Intervention from Hie town delegation of owners from Georgetown disclosed they would lie rates once New rales would be Lents a mile from a so cents The meter drop would toil Lenin Instead if the previous GO tents waling time would remain to an hour or cuts minute Instead or the In crease lo previously ion temp riled Spokesman or the taxi owners McMillan of Glen Taxi said costs were ii calibrated whkd run off the dock unit speedometer In vehicle He told the fuel costs had limbed ho high emission used much anil maintenance costs made the hikes necessary It come to the point where owners had difficulty gelling and keeping drivers although they receive per cent of the tariff Committee chairman Pat McKenzie told Hie delegation there was never any control on Georgetown tariffs through the regulatory law hut the Acton by law did control charges He suggested and the committee approved recommendation that taxi owners in can use the some tariffs Georgetown temporarily until the new by law is ap proved The ih working on a new bylaw lo rrguliite taxis in Hills replacing Ihe two previous by laws in Acton and Georgetown However meanwhile the of the separate by- iwm are being enforced In the two The new by law is lo go to the taxi owners and police or their before being present il to a full council for red readings and passage new by law combine features taken from Milton and Georgetown by laws pointed out Assistant treasurer Grant Usher and Ihe by law would one for every pupil hit Ian He Raid the one or J000 every 400 and other larger areas which one for every 1 1fll people tommlltee members they The assistant treasurer noted It was the licence that was worth the money that under the present setup taxi owners could have cabs on the road Councillor Ernie Sykes wondered how a bylaw could be set up so one licensee wouldnt be granted more privileges than another tic noted ttxl owners got the licence and then passed It onto someone else a situation lie fell could end up In a monopoly such as in Metro Toronto I m con cerned licences arent being procured to rent out to other drivers he said suggesting council might be aiding the setup of a monopoly on licenses Mr McMillan denied there was any Intention of part of taxi owners to set up a monopoly He said taxis in and Kitchener for instance were owned by individuals working for companies and they could expect make a year iT their cabs were properly mainlined and driven Group consulted on rent adopting rental rales or the downstairs room at ton arena administration committee of Halton Hills Ided to hear of the Acton recreation ad visory committee Councillor I said they could change the rates and then find out they had made a mistake a I he should lie her of number of owners In Hullo Mr of Taxi thought council should regulate he number of owners not cabs a view shared by Mr McMillan dont think anyone would keep more cars than they need because of maintenance and in cosh We just put on the needed give people vice said SCHR0EDER CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 107 Queen St E Brampton EDWARD H SCHROEDER of Chiropractic 416 Hills works commit tee made three traffic regula tion sign changes In Acton last Monday night At the request of Corporal Bob Arbour Acton O P P town engineer Peter Morris investigated and reported to committee on three areas Collision at Church John Two cars were towed away following a collision at the corner of Church and John at oclock Saturday afternoon Driver David Spoehr Dr and driver Envd Morgan R lCamp bcllville met In the middle of the intersection With Mrs Morgan were her two children and son Kenneth 11 had minor injury Damage to the Spoehr car was estimated at and to the Morgan car at 300 Slrcct It was decided the sign was not necessary and should be taken down Ineffective Councillor Joe Hurst said Arbour believes the sign is Ineffective People keep run ning It and he thought this might be because the street Is so wide nobody notices it Committee chairman Coxe suggested maybe a sign like the large one at grove corners might be put up He thought the sign in was a four foot Morris sold he thought the sign on southbound Acton Boulevard was not necessary and should be taken down sign The committee decided they would ask the Legion to put up a stop sign Mill Street and Iheir subdivision Morris pointed out the town couldnt put up a sign because the subdivision is still private property Until final approval is en it is still a proposed subdi vision and thus private pro perly he explained Move light The other traffic change will be the moving of flash ing lighl from Mill and Park Streets to Kingham Hill Road and Main Street was felt the light isnt needed al Park and Mill Street and would be more effective at Kingham Hill Road than Cobblehllt Road In error Coalition of Halton environment groups Bill Johnson GUARD will suggest to this weeks meeting of the executive that a coalition be formed of all environmental groups in county We have a north south split We have to cement things and brings the region back together Johnson said He would like to involve groups from Burlington Milton Georgetown and OakviUe in a united front to tackle such problems as landfill dumps and recycling FARM BUILDINGS for every ue M Talk To Our Friendly Representatives torn A Saw and Punt plus Horns Odin Plumb i nj Kit is ill you require to Instill com- pie It Bathroom Powder Room Kitchen or laundry SEE US FIRST FOR ALL PLUMBING ECONOMY TOILET COPPER PIPE Pipe 59 foot Type 29 foot 3 Pipe foot LAUNDRY TUB Intlml In STAINLESS snn KITCHEN SINKS up Jf rtnunlm 5UIW MOT am im TO MATCH 1IKKS SHOWN MWt r it IM tuck Ltu IAVATORYSET STERLING KITCHEN SETS UHbll CENTRES MODEL WITH plastic INC OUT WATER SOFTENER SALT USE OUR CHRISTMAS LAY AWAY PLAN WALLPAPER SALE 20 OFF REG PRICE Guaranteed or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded THE ACTON FREE PRESS a Second Class Mall Postal Registration Number Last wcekfi paper reporting on the council discussion on band grants stated that the motion to charge the band grants back to the individual towns was defeated with Morrow Hyde and McKenzie In favor Mr points out this week the report was in error he did not vote in favor IFEdDlMIEmS Occasions nt I Plants Kir ffontt of CUT I LOWERS Caroline Flower Garden Centre I Two Miles West of Acton South Side of Highway No Every Monday Night at 8 AT THE CREDIT VALLEY CLUB FORMERLY RIVIERA GAMES JACKPOT 55 Nos NO ADMISSION CHARCf Cards 3 for BUS SERVICE Sponsored By Georgetown Elks Lodge No 540 PROCEEDS FOR DEAF DETECTION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Sat Nov 16 at 100 PM Bring your children to see Santas parade Come see come buy the great values now being ottered by your friendly Shoppers World merchants WHERE FAMILY SHOPPING IS ALWAYS SHOPPERS WORLD

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