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Road study urges Move works garage to Seventh Line Closing up the works yard on Maple Avenue George town and Belling the land and engineering buildings was one of the major recom mendations in the 64 page rood needs study unveiled by Philips Planning and Engl neering at Hills conn Monday night Don Tefft engineer with the company pointed out the works garage on the Seventh Line was central to all areas of Hills and should be expanded He claimed the centralization would be more efficient and prevent useless driving from one year to another He pointed out the Acton depot will be utilized for wing sanding and salting in the winter months He said serious tlon should be given con of the activities or the works department In the expanded Seventh Line yard predicted the cost of expanding the seventh line at but pre feted at least that from the sale of the Maple Avenue land and buildings Councillor Harry Levy con tended it would take much more than to replace the existing engineering bull ding which he said could not be placed In the Seventh Line works garage Another recommendation in the lengthy study Seated major reconstruction done under contract rather than by the town staff with only under two duration done by the staff The report urged the of the John Street Georgetown underpass within the next five years and the replacement of the old iron bridge on Maple Ave nuc Georgetown after that Mr stressed there were great many grants for railway bridges and forecast a maximum of ten percent cost to he municipality Hard surfacing of heavily trafficked roads was mended especially since in this area as opposed to others the cost of main hard surface roads has proven lo be less than soft surface roads Tefft said Hills was in an enviable position on roads since they have a strong assessment base with a moderate amount of con slructlon work to be done In the next ten years He predicted the balklog of work could be eliminated In that time He said the population growth In the town has been on average of percent per year while the assessment nan been increasing at the average rate of percent According to the study the cost per mile to maintain a hard top road in Is 144 and predicts that figure will rise to by Implementing the study over the ten year period would cost cording to the report with approximately half of it subsidised by the province Councillor I en Coxe described the needs study as a guideline for councillors to thanked Philips Planning and Engineering for the thoroughness of the study saying It also provided an accurate inventory of every road building and piece of equipment by the town One Hundredth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY 1975 Thirty eight Cents Playgrounds still free In a last ditch bid to have some fee charged for summer playgrounds for six to 13 year olds Councillor Harry Levy came up with a six dollar fee for the whole six week period for one child and a nine dollar fee for a family of two or more children The motion was defeated on a to vote and the play grounds will be run with no charge The issue debated many times was rehashed loud and long Monday night Councillor Pat Mc Ken lie contended fees were charged for all other recreation claimed there should be a charge for playgrounds He said a child must pay cents to swim at Acton pool and pay to play hockey 100 per cent free is wrong in opinion he stated Councillor Roy Booth said grounds Councillor Ric Morrow said it be foolish to charge for children using the parks He claimed the leaders were there to protect and supervise the children He defended the charges at the pool and the arena saying the town had In veiled a great deal of money in them He pointed out the charges do not carry the costs so the taxpayer is sub sidizing them McKcnxie said he was not talking about parks He said most of the playgrounds were in schoolyards or inside the schools if the weather was unsuitable He wondered how buses for the weekly trip could be arranged if there was no registration no one knew how many children to MeKcnile claimed George town Recreation Advisory Committee the Glen hall board and hall board fat or a fee The Acton Recreation Ad visory Committee were against a fee retorted Councillor Dick said they would not be charging kids simply to go lo a playground He in It was a special organ lied program to be run by leaders Councillor wondered if council was being misled He said We are told the parks are open for kids o do their own thing then why do we hive lenders said kids use parks all year round asked why there should be if ihcy are not getting some benefit Councillor Russell Miller said there should be some nominal charge for rcglstrn program He said there was a registration fee far everything else I can sec program where there could be five one day and 50 Ihe next he commented Councillor Ern Hyde claimed the budget amount of was high if it was only to provide protcc for kids or from vandal ism Levy emphasized it was an organized playground with paid leaders at a net cost of Let contract for Church St The reconstruction of Church street will cost Tuesday night Hills council accepted the tender of Capital Paving I The complete reconstruction will include curbs gutters and some sidewalk replacement said Works Committee Chairman Joe sewers are already installed Councillor Hurst said the tender was close to the engineers estimate The reconstruction of Church had been a long range plan of the former Acton council He said It was a jump of per cent in cost over last year Either we must reduce the budget or make a charge He then Introduced the motion to charge six dollars per child or nine dollars per family for the whole period Booth the own was hiring people to organize the playgrounds so the children can have ball teams soccer leamu or anything else If we keep this up well have loll gates on our parks and If you want to go for a walk you II have to put your quarter in a slot said In playgrounds in Windsor there was no problem and no registration It is not a regimented program we want a loose program where children can go one day and perhaps not the next ft may be the only recreation some children have If their parents don have cottages or can afford summer hockey schools Morrow pointed out the program had been In for years and was not new except in the three rural areas Under Levy Idea would he want the kids to carry I cards so they can t get in without It even if their friends are going He contended there hod been claims of over organization of children but now some members wanted the playgrounds more organized Councillor Coxe said he could not see why the children should be any more regimented whether or not they paid a fee Councillor Dick urged any reduction in the recreation budget not be made on the playgrounds but in other area Councillor Acton Mayor for the meeting con tended the town would be exceeding their authority in regimenting the children He said there has to be a certain He sold his main concern was the avail ability of all children to the programs Ice late Old timers from around the shores of Fairy say Ice Is the latest going out this year that they can ever remember It was Fridays rain that triggered the break up Despite the the treacherous punky Ice one of the people who has liv for years along the shores fell in Saturday Usually the ice Is out by April 1 Charge wounding On Wednesday Bernard Tillson 1 Acton was charged with wounding Wembling R 1 Acton as result of an argument She was shot In the len arm and Is reported In good tion She was taken to St Jos hospital The Milton detachment of the investigated Honor OPP on Saturday There be plenty of policemen around here Saturday ranging all the way from young constables to the deputy commissioner They are all expected for Citizen of the Year dinner dance which is at Acton Meadows golf course Honored guests arc the O P who arc leaving Ac ton after years house of 150 is expected The deputy commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Pol ice J J is coming from Toronto as well as the Superintendent of Burlington No district headquarters Code Other detachment commanders and former members of the Acton detachment are expected One of the original members the first detachment here in 1949 Inspector Artrorestcrof Jundas is coming and George Kerr have tic kets Chamber of Commerce are looking forward to a very impressive eenmg After dinner and ic program the Marx will play for dancing COOKING UP A storm at the Robert Little school pancake breakfast and bake sale on Sunday were Louis Charlebais and Phil Crista Does Aunt Jemima have anything to worry about THATS good Christy Goulding takes a bite of a pancake at the Robert Little school pancake breakfast and bake sale on Sunday Acton to Guelph Jpk Calorie counters beware TERRIBLE TEMPTATION for the calorie counter came in the form of cakes cookies tarts and muffins at the Robert Little pancake breakfast and bake sale Barb and Gary Durham can decide which of the goodies to buy Rebuild 7 Highway Construction for the rebuil ding of Highway No bet ween Acton and Guelph is to begin soon according to P George Ken- While speaking at a Pro Conservative Asso elation annual meeting last night Tuesday Mr Kerr told the group the road would be completely rebuilt Wide new engineering and paving will lead the way to a He went on to say this was part of the way the govern ment Is showing the people around here they are not lee ted Mr Kerr also told the group the Junction of Highways and will be reconstructed making the comer leu dan with less Incline Students receive grant for music A CURLER S DREAM provided a fitting climax to the season at the Acton Curling Club Saturday night when Earl Hushagen ana Paul Savage two of the province best skips met the cham pionship game of the second annual Sun and Fun Bonspeil Savages rink won the grand prize of a trip to Florida for four For story and more pictures see the Free Press sports pages SCAP grant revealed For an unprecedented third year in a row four students from Acton high school have received an for Youth grant for music Janet Allan Mary Watson and David applied for the grant several months ago but it was not until Thursday Mary got a phone call from MP Frank that they knew The four high school students will receive for their protect which will be the teaching or music to students in the junior band and those not quite able to be Continued on page Frank Ottawa office called the Free at press time today Wednesday to inform as thai SCAP Senior Assistance Pro gram hat been granted a Opportunities for rant None of the group have been Informed at of yet but has been trying o get In touch with Melody Itatt Hodgson and Pearl Harris the main people Involved The project which will last from June to September I will be the same as last year with the senior need and wishes in the way of help and companionship fulfilled There are Fight students Involved on separate school The possible building of a separate school In Acton will depend on the results of a questionnaire which went out Roman families this week The letter was sent by 1eno chairman of the separate school board He asks parents If they would send their children to a separate school and how many children would be of the right age Ilatsaaks If the families would like a public meeting on the subject The board has this time to discuss the possibility since both public schools here arc en the verge of expanding and the time for a third school is opportune rather also read letter at Joseph church Sunday No Silver creek damHill explodes DRIVEWAYS at Rogers and homes on the fourth line were completely under water Saturday but were showing again by Monday The flooding extended out onto the roadway but traffic was able to get past The photograph is taken from the road The Land Use and Wildlife Advisory Board have recommended to the Credit Valley Conser vation Authonty that no dam be built at Silver creek at this time Hearing the news at the meeting last Thursday Mayor Tom Hill exploded Three years ago we decided the next dam tobebuiltwasatSiIvercreek Why have we been buying all this land on hills he demanded Chairman Grant Clarkson explained Silver creek conservation land was a highly desirable area and was to be kept as natural as possible We dont construct dams and ponds as we used to Weve found its better from an ecologi cal point of view to maintain stream flow by proper management he said If theres not going to be a dam why have we spent so much money buying the houses on the hiIP the mayor wanted to know Clarkson assured him the Authority needed to acquire land order to meet up with the Terra Cotta Conservation Area Were thinking of it as a conservation area but we may need a low level dam for recreation in the future he said General Manager Harry Watson stated the recommendation of the Government was to ac quire as much Niagara Escarpment land as pos sible regardless of a dam or not explained it was necessary to use dams originally when the river was used for sew age disposal and a water source However he agreed it was the Authoritys current policy to maintain a constant stream flow by Improving channelization and only using dams for flood control or recreation areas A split vote on whether or not to defer discus sion till a later date forced the chairman to de clare the subject closed Mayor Hill retorted The north is now against the south a new Mason Dixon line has been formed tonight With that he jammed his cigarette lighter in his mouth and tried to light it with a cigarette