Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 4, 1976, p. 5

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OUR READERS WRITE Coffee now beer bottle later Apt 2195 Jane Street Downs view Ontario Jan 27 1976 1A3 The Acton Free Press Hub Acton Ontario Dear Sir Kindly accept from my sister Katie and myself our sincere thanks and appreciation for your interest in things of the past as far as Acton is concerned and its children which we were in that era My Dad was a stone mason and it seems that he liked the idea of leaving some memento in what he built I know of one home in Toronto where he had all the work men on the their name on a piece of paper he got the daily paper a bottle of beer and some bottle caps and in the corner of hat house maybe some day in the future someone will find that The wolf bounty Re The Bounty I am ven much disturbed the in favour of reintroducing wolf in Township The his received poor press most of which is warranted Main people cling to thur Little Red Riding Hood notions ignore recent enlightened rescirch Television document Tries such is The Wolf Men of a Legend and I Mow at Never Crv Wolf area attempt to reeducate the public But this takes time and he wolf life in some areas is in jeopardy I sympathize with he who loses livestock to wild animals I also the township concern over for these losses However surch the wolf bounty is not the only answer It en courages the irresponsible to shoot thing resembling a wolf whether it is guilty or not in order to collect the A ily s German shepherd out to do his morn ing business is as likely to be shot as the wolf To illustrate the difficult in identifv ing a wolf is the following article from the Kitchener Record Dec ember 197j Kingston Townships I do visit one of my lifelong neighbors who is Mr Charlie Green of and Mr Ray of Acton If there is any way that I could assist he Acton Free Press or any individual of the post as far as my home town is concerned I will be only too willing to assist them My sister Katie and I live in Toronto Sarah lives between seasons in OnL and Florida Emily moved B many years ago and is now residing In a nursing home George Casey has passed away The McLeod boys names if my memory serves me right were Gordon and Norma a The memory of the past has been brought back by a note in a Camp Coffee bottle maybe in the future a bottle of beer will have come to the front Many thanks for your interest and also Mr for bringing this to our attention new had difficult distinguishing a wolf from dog Mrs provincial jhiIicl called her to pick up in tint hid been hit by car She found lit mini il on the road but it iwiv is sht Mrs eh istd it through several fields avoided attempts by the il to bile htr be fort nnmged to get on it She I unfit later nil w is wolf a German I wish I frightened because I thought it is she said HI had known it wis I might not hive been so brave Also he of sufficiently imptrcd with and upset by min without furthering this process Surd would be ssttm tint will provide for control of problem thin tin indis trimmalt Should not nil for thib goal in settle for in out dated method that h is shown I for man reasons In my opinion the numbers of council who voted in of lit showed moral irrispons Council privileges and pay Ontario February 1 1W6 To the Council Members of Eramosa Township Clerk Lloyd Township Office a No 1 Ontario Dear Sirs and Madam I should like to comment on the proposed change in the stipend system about which I read in the local newspaper At present I believe councillors receive a flat salary for attending council meetings to do the work needed manage our Township they do this on behalf of the tax payers who elected them However if there are more than meetings in the year they receive an extra sum for each ex Ira meeting of council In this way they arc recompensed for any loss or inconvenience the extra meeUngs cause them The councillors also represent the taxpayers on other boards they attend these meetings as well on behalf of tht public At present they are not paid for these meetings These arc for committee meetings of the Recreation Board Lions Club the Finance culture Social Service or other Com Each one of the councillors now may be on two or more of these com Thechingein the system concerns he proposed change in which he would be paid for each and every meeting they altend whether it be a regular council meeting or a committee meeting of some other Board It has been argued that the total sum paid under such a proposed system would be less than the present system I wish to disagree The very fact that members would be paid by attendance would only encourage attendance at as many meetings as possible for the sake of extra income I do not accuse the members of being ab normally greedy I merely state lhat this is a fact of nature it is Mans humanity to be such Also I feel that the other persons on the committee are not paid as they arc usually volunteers thus it would be unfair to pay council representatives Besides I do not feel thai this would encourage restraint as we are continually being en raged o practise Since the council members knew they would have lo attend these when they were electioneering it is wrong to now object to the work members of the council would consider it a privilege be appointed to these committees and boards Taxpayers are also pleased to have councillors representing them in this way I do not think privileges need to be paid hey arc in themselves payment enough I have made my point ic I do nol think the present system of sahry stipend should be altered Mrs Dnjbtr Box Mary Sir Rockwood Drivein rejected It down thi lpplk or drill in Ihnln ill word mis rctilveil morning In mil hi Ik It hi hi ml In Thodicision I Ik hi jppreci lunitrdln until in is bill sild there much hit ler locilions hin prime linil The Acton Free Press Wed February 1976 More grass fires than anything else Grass lead the way in fire calls made by the Atton Volunteer ire department last year pirt of Erin Town ship and part of Milton are serviced in fire area one Tn a special report nnde to the General Administration Commitee by f ire t Mick it was reported that there grass fires in Ten of these were in Acton and six in Milton House fires House fires accounted for of the department s calls during he year Five of he fires were in Aclon three in Erin and two in Milton were eight car fires responded to by the department seven in and one in Milton Chimnev fires were the next on the list with a total of six Four of these were in and one each for Erin and Milton Fire department assistance was needed five times over the for car accidents Three were in Acton and two in Milton Pike alarm fire alarms two in one in Milton saw volunteers ready for HOME OF MR AND Mrs Bert Hofstede on Scene Street has sparked a lot of reader interest of late Mr Hofstede found a note in a bottle when replacing an upstairs window The note described life as it in and named many people s first names and last initials After the story appeared in the Free Press early in January this paper received phone calls and letters about the story and the names in the note Tliisueek a letter was received from the family who put the bottle in the window so years ago the Caswells 360 extra seats on Georgetown GO Some of crowding on Georgetown GO Ira was relieved list month with the irnv il ofeighl more but only BKadditim the when there wasnt any Other fires were two two garbage contain two oil tanks two barns one truck one garage one dump and one chlorine leak Ton estimated fire loss Winners lower winners in the draw in the district GO spokts sud tins wi cars irnved GO slarltd in Tom eight when uble Now and then Willi if limine hostile In fold who hid of fir inks or I ftin i s id not I hi S Si III w is w lbs h lo Ml tin I nil With in of i job Hut thin HRCA cuts boards In in iffort to s I hi Hilton Inn is Mil ISM Inform due historic d tI dicker trims on its lakeshnre roults rive of the eight r tars were used lorephcetht old Polar Bear I cars which have been returned to North Buy Since i CO holds more people than one of he Polar He ir the with tight more GO ears has provided in 3G0 si its i day on GO trims solving tht room problems which hive cropped up in months since ivcrigc d on George il St till 4 n Meet and hear Charl Far camping Ion Wheels February to 8 Automotive Building Exhibition Place Toronto It if It DANCING Every Saturday 9 pm to 1 am at the Acton Legion FEB LATE DATES Country Admission S4 per couple MASTER FEEDS UK NO GEORGETOWN or WHAT COULD YOU LOSE Inflation has increased home values You ve probably added new possessions Does your fire insurance protect your investment Ask your CIAG representative DENNEY CHARLES for advice get dependable service on automobile home farm business PHONE 8772084 CIAG INSURANCE Your ONE STOP Farm and Garden Centre EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS ON SEED GRAIN and GRASS SEEDS NOW AVAILABLE ON Oats Barley Mixed Grain Peas Spring Wheat Alfalfa Timothy Trefoil Red Clover Brome Grass Etc ORDER YOUR REQUIREMENTS TODAY CALL or 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