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Council and trustees meet to act on report Roy Hlllia chief Inspector of the Health Unit admitted to township council Monday night that one of the greatest causes of pollution In pie village of Is due to negligence of non rest dent landlords Many ten- Wits are living In buildings beyond their control he said The point was made when Dr T Dale and the met with council to present findings of the recent Survey conducted on septic and water systems In the vil age of Members of the board of trustees were also present to ask Questions In his report Dr Dale said the survey which was recent completed had Included each premises in the village and wherever possible the owner was Interviewed He gave a rundown on problem areas Most problems According to the study most problems are on Main St south of the C tracks and on Harris St Many of the lots along these streets do not have the required fivefoot depth of soil over bedrock so fecal matter is going directly into the bedrock Two holding tanks In the tillage are not being pumped as required and during the course of the survey It was found two households were discovered to be installing new septic tanks and or beds without certlfl ration of approval from the Health Unit office Dr Dale said that of homes visited drinking water percent of total was un satisfactory Seven septic systems were obviously luting with 30 too close to bed rock or water table six too close to watercourse and IS were inadequate systems undersized and poorly con Count I Hot asked Of the septic tanks obviously polluting and IB poorly con what are we doing about them Dale When you have such gross contamination the solution is to do something on a municipal level Councillor Masson felt the best solution Is to get people responsible to clean up their own septic systems and the water will clean itself up You must remember Mr Masson that Rockwood Is on the rocks We have had examples of pollution some miles away through crevices In rocks temporary solution is not en He blamed part of the problem on undersized lots where proper weeper beds had not been installed Deputy reeve Clark asked how many small lots in the village are Inadequate The MO said that most with Inadequate systems don t have enough room and yet many have a family living there with an apartment in the building as welt How was this allowed questioned the deputy reeve We don t control building in the vtllage said Mr lis Complaints Mrs Clark sold she d re ceived several complaints about how the survey was conducted She gave an In stance where the man mak the tests put his finger up inthetap then promptly filled the test bottle before allowing he two- minute time period of water running as mended on the label of the test bottle She said that In another case three samples were tak three different homes where all water was coming from the same well Only one test showed pollution when It was returned she said Another incident cited was when a lady received a report of a seriously contain well but when biking the water herself and having It analysed there is no pro blem Mr Hillls said he couldn understand that Dale told council people are apprehensive about the particular type of surveys conducted He said that In comparison to the number of wells showing problems in there had been an In crease from about 40 to It s getting worse All we can do la make recommends and offer directives He pointed out that If council decides to take a different route he will do his utmost to assist people with polluted wells Building inspection The M O H seems to feel there are inadequacies In the efficiency of building lnspec tion He referred to two apartments built for which two permits were requested for septic system Ins to 11a tions There are now tour apartments there he said Dr Dale Indicated there should be a closer rein on building In the area with the Health Unit advised before each permit is Issued Trustee Pat Smith chal Dr Dale He said he had read many articles he had written and each sup ported community water and sewage systems Why he CHILDREN WERE DELIGHTED to watch the antics and hear the singing of Jim Gordon and David Archibald as they played folk music on the guitar and banjo at Saturday s garden party on the St John s greens They combined talents for a performance of Canadian Irish American and French Canadian songs the safest method He reiterated several times that in the final analysis It will be necessary to install a municl pa system If you want to see your village grow and de velop such a system is a must he pointed out Trustee Smith said he could not see the feasibility of in stalling a million system to fit the needs of only a small area of the population He felt that there should be a more economic way that would fit the pocket book of the com and yet solve the pro blem as adequately as the one proposed Two alternatives Chairman of the trustee board Allan Osborne said that apparently there are two alternatives municipal vices or finding some other method He felt there was no way a community the size of Rockwood could finance such a service He wondered If it t be more feasible to put In temporary septic terns and every so many years null Ihem out and re place them We re talking about or 50 septic terns He said the cost come near the million system being consid Dr Dale told the council that if people s wells are luting Ihclr own water it up to them but If It involves pol luting neighbors wells then the Health Unit can take them to court and fines will be itn posed depending on the judge decision If the peoples systems are Ing neighbors wells we 11 try to educate them said Dr Dale Final decision The final decision was left to the council and trustees I present this report to you people and leave you to make up your own minds sold Dr Dale Council felt the report should be handled by Ihc village trustees It was decided that a combined meeting should be held where both township village councils sit down to make decisions together A meeting date was set for Monday July 14 at p at the town hall The building in specter will also be present A motion was made by Era council requesting thai the Medical Officer of Health Dale have the property owners of holding tanks enter Into a pumping pumper which is satis factory to the Wellington Guclph Health Unit The motion was passed Strike The Acton Free Press Wed July Large number attend Saturday garden party Over 200 people attended panted by his mother Mrs where everyone relaxed and second annual garden Black They sang Lullaby enjoyed the show together party held on the grounds of Time Larry Logan of Rock St Johns Anglican church wood sang several blues Salurday night Talent from numbers near and for was the main S investigated berries and Ice cream were Singers Scottish dancers r morning guitarists banjo and when they attempted to find players seniors friends any said rf g rf to youngsters combined Si abilities to fill a worthwhile Hardware Village Gift Shop twohour program of song evening located on Main St Rock music recitation The Indies of St Johns wood Backbone of the enter were organizers of the event An upstairs resident of the was provided by Mrs Betty and Mrs building Melvln Kingsbury members of the Sunshine Betty Enson were two main said he d beard no smashing Club Including such well planners Sandy Hudson of glass He said that about 4 as Bert Davidson of with the cooperation of his a m he heard the loud noise Acton Vic Smith and Henry family was in charge of the of motorcycles taking off very fast and that was all loud applause oik singers enjoyed Hit of the evening was the twosome of Jim Gordon and David Archibald two young folk singers who delighted the audience with Tun songs and sing A family group front Anna Marie Lake and fier brothers James and Greg entertained in special medleys on an accordion and guitars Hob and Blair Sinclair were popular well knowns who warmed up their audience with folk songs Two little Acton girls Tammy and Sandy Hunter skilfully twirled batons to music Judy Brain was a talented Scottish dancer who pleased the crowd with a sword dance and then up with two other clever dancers Alison Workers at tie TWO OTHER Highland performers were Alison Caroline Keith Hend 17 her sister Caroline 11 who danced at the St John garden party Sunday if negotiators can come to on agreement The 600 workers decided not to strike until all bar gaining efforts have been exhausted The United Auto Workers union members debated for some time Sunday if they should go on strike on Mon day or wait until negotiations are no longer getting anywhere The workers ended up supporting the bargaining team s suggestion that the Idea was to get an acceptable agreement and that no deadline for a strike should be set of grounds The man who made president Mrs Will Black the evenings acoustics pos and Mrs Max Milne of the was Don Gordon who set village Club members up all stage facilities Mrs played together with mouth Ivy Ritchie was another organs fiddles and violins worker who contributed lime Mr Davidson contributed his and provided the hay wagon special talents with a rigged stage up wash tub and finished up Although garden party with a moderated version of a rec were not high clog dance Mrs Milne gave were pleased two recitations which drew They felt it had been In the morning the broken window was discovered with the shattered pane still intact Nothing had been stolen from inside the store Greatest loss of the Incident was that the broken window was of bevelled glass found only In community activity S ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING fork Road Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Table Lamps Door Swag Lamps Van Electric Heal Baseboard and Portable Central Vacuum Cleaning Wring Devices Fixture Paris Fans etc FREE PARKING Frl Sat 9am July Aug ANN MARIE James and Greg Lake played medleys at Saturday s strawberry garden party held at 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