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Merchants retain Mill parking Acton business district on Mill street can become congested at times Mill Street reconstruction will go ahead as planned this year and downtown Acton businessmen won t lose over Co valuable parking spots Hills council decided Monday Acton Chamber or Comm official Paul Nielsen told council The Acton Chamber of Commerce Retail Section has In written and oral form conveyed to the Works Committee of Hills and on two occasions to the Planning Committee and in letters to the Council the following 1 In addition to the pre sent ivailable parking In the Central Business District there now is a need for off the street parking A truck route should be established to relieve ton on Mill and Main J Thai further loss of parking in Central ess District would cause grave 1m shoppers and loss of revenue to merchants That all of these con uould continue and in crease as the town increases in It is unfortunate that in spite of advertisements in re to the public meetings only the councillors from Ward One and the planner Mario Vendettl were able to attend one of these meetings However through the representation made every member of Council should be aware that except perhaps for one the entire downtown business section do not go along with he concept that one foot additional width of sidewalk each side will add one iota to the business life of the town nor do they agree that deleting parking on the south side will help anyone be it business person or shopper in the area of Aeton To the detriment of retail businesses in Acton park ing spaces have been lost ing the past year more if Si A I tan Drive changes arc taken into consideration Many people have expressed the feeling this will have the effect that business is being directed towards the plazas in Georgetown I The business community all but totally united in its opposition to the changes and out of businesses have signed a pel Council to in crease their taxes twenty mills on commercial and business assessment an 18 per cent in crease to be used exclusively for off the street parking Among those signing lire idy have irking of their own lhose who hive signing generally feel they arc overtaxed for value received and feel portions of the over per ir which the at present is in it ind business tax should be used to alleviate the problem To the Planning Depart ment it may be an interest academic question if in the future some benefit for some people may be derived from the proposed changes tint to the poeple of Acton it is it Hie least a question of eon vcniencc and to some a quest inn of bread and butter And to Council this quest ion it are you to do with scores of ears which ire presently usmj the south of Mill Street for park Works Committee has disregarded the Utters submitted by councillors and They have equally disregarded representation in by the Setlion of lumber of Commerce lii unit have pud no at to letters from The Hilton Hills Author ity and only Ward One councillors have attended one of the public meetings in re to this matter We wonder if the Committee has recently taken a look at full parking lots the jammed parking spaces everywhere in the Business District This Council must he iwarc that the Business District his funct and served the town for more in one hundred years interfere in the m inner suggested could be a knock out punch depriving the citizens of Services and the town of a lare How would you feel if government suddenly re moved a large portion of parking at your office or at the airport givinc how do you think the people of ill feel when no longer park on what they think is a Elizabeth Dr proposal best plan yet Duby Elizabeth Acton ma have senior citizens aparlments on the north side four stores with two ipart ibove on the corner seven semi detached houses on the south side if a plan proposed to ilton Hills Planning Board by Mike of is accepted In iddition fi icres of I abutting the lake would deeded to the town council hid origin illy recommended the area all be park I but negotiations with the Credit on ition fell through He explained the seven semi del homes would mem 14 units with one single imih home it the end He said the re ihcnmcnl of the curve on Drive lould me in stores two ipartments could be dated at the Main Street corner Mr pointed out the of the curve h id been asked for by Aeton council Councillor Hoy Booth suggested the road could lie come dragslnp if straightened I it is more dons the it is since vision is replied Mr March in like lion worst snowstorm yet A lion like roar introduced March to his district day giving promise of dike weather in another days Snow began falling Monday evening and before long there was i horrible winter melange of snow sleet rain thunder and lightning Works department lie id Frank Morettc thought the storm was the worst of the winter and many driven agreed with him The snow and sleet fell mtoa seven inch deep gumbo sa it was like to drive through sand I he fact it the frost is nut of the ground m coping Mr said Work through His nijhl shift begin saltim sandini and plowing it nit 11 Monday ere worked all through lite lucsdiy ill routes id been covered by Hills men and equipment Quite few were stuck lone roads but thev didn impede much His didn receive iny more tails for plowing thin Hie police in report no unusual incidents and no in the district who patrol the highway had a different story There were all sorts of accidents on Highway the report most of the fender bender type The high wi improved gradually is the went on and were open but slippery Mil buses were cm celled for the third time this Some people eet to work school yesterday mornint lhi took look outside and staved home He said he under there would be a stop it Mun Street the increased of the area could cut into existing bus mess in the Mr suit Ontario Corporation in die ittdthe would be irnnted the of senior citizens ipartments alone tin street Booth iskcd if he would icree ti restricting the lypt of businesses to ited Mr hi felt Ins client since it until I m iki sense mic l Councillor I sud Ihis pi in is i ercat irovcineiitovcr pisl pro poses He isked if the with was definite Mr he hid i letter they were amenable to Ihc use PI inning referred the the ilepirlmint for i report Police charge four in rash of breakins Last weekend a series of gallon of recent r of charges was laid the pol break ins in town district ice culminating the invesli The people eh ireed will 4000 for Y Centre is on agenda today Hilton council is ipprovinc erauts iixl ly Wednesday Among them is the reeommcndilion from the administration committee for for the new Services Centre in Aclon The board of directors of the centre met last Thursday to make plans for the official opening in tation of their grant heme approved 300 in damages lied rug were in hi i7c moriiuiLat he home of tones 14 KinMni Volunteer irefieh were died the scene it i m The bed and mat were irried from the house lo the front liwn by firefighters they were quick ihuscd tin chief Mick Holmes ilcd image at to the ruj bed and bedroom ills iges four and three were taken to a during the fire 11 is the second time in week the volunteers hid been summoned that ire The Sund ly before they were call i car fire but it had been put nut before they jol there Mr Holmes sud at no lime was there danger of the fire spreading to the other its in the townhouse He ex plained is a thick tire wall from the to Hit roof between the hones Clinic dates June JH Tuesday r JG It a Red ross project and the campaign for funds is now underway SAULT STE MARIE captain Scot Kelland accepts a trophy from tournament chairman Allan Hall for winning the grand champion title on Sunday at the annual tourney They squeezed through with a score of over Orangeville Story and more pictures on the sports page peir in court soon min with no fixed ad dress was charged with eight counts of and enter The break ins over i period of ibout three weeks had been reported at I Motors Drive In rest lurinl Carpet ser vice Shell service sta Hon I and it privite houses schools A younc Acton man and i man were charged with two ins at Aeton break ins at and schools come to court next week A young Aclon man was chirked with breaking and entering it the Dominion Ho tel and I All eh were dated Pebruary and in the police re cords Want canvass for Red Cross arc desperately needed if a house to house campaign is to be carried out by the Cross in during March Traditionally March is lied Cross month but to dite not a single Acton resident has volunteered to assist with this worthy According to Hits tied Cross public relations officer Mrs Connie Georgetown every householder in Ihc area has received a folder listing Red Cross services available to local residents along with the requisite telephone numbers In return householders are Ik ing asked to send their campaign donations to O Box 106 Georgetown If the goal of Acton Is not reached Mrs says that It may be necessary residents to come to lo run a door to- door canvass attempts have been made to form a branch in Acton Convener Is Henry 1B8u and acting sec retary Nclllq Harbera at People willing to canvass could phone cither one for information About seven people have agreed to so far according to Mr Tucs- Hundred nil ACTON ONTARIO WFDNESDAY MARCH No 3G Ducks damage property odd ducks in the building is causing con to rs of the Society letter from the Sneietv lo Hills council is referred to works iges h id to he built for the lirds but the question of to ike hem of is first workmen used fencing from Miss competition and Ihe screening which covers the competition cages A stop is put to tint Now members wire has been stretched icross seclions of the Pridiy mjht show stige to make cages Tin ground is ind some of the of ply wood are beginning to split and separ lie Apparently the fur t illy suggested that wire be pi iced around the sheep pens hut was not 600 damage accident in the parking lot it Queen in volvcd two cars driven by McCallum 1B1 and Hoy Murphy One struck the open door of mother car cuisine police The collision wis Sunday OUTSTANDING MEMBER award was presented to Bev Leitch of the Acton Junior Farmers The president and two previous winners chose Bev for her contribution to the club over the past year Last year winner Rick Bntton was on hand at the annual banquet and dance to present Bev with the trophy and plaque Equalized assessment would favor Acton Taxes up 135 No knows how taxis will lh veor Hilton Hills vet present and llulton Itonfd of predictions would run an at This figure could climb even higher after Hills strikes Its budget Is to mills to the lux bill and regional operations six mills fini to st dement prepared by Regional irmcr would lie the key beneficiary in switch from the chargeback system to the equalized method us of financing sewer work in region the difference between the two systems of financing the work is eh irgebick system isscsses the cost of cadi project to the benefitting while under municipalities ire ell to their issessnunt Inst llitir to lonsiderinc Chiracs foi sewers incurred thus rile we drop 1 mills He is other th il would drop but I Oft mills lurMsivlii If sewer is p is it st in Is null rite would drip by mills would of mills Burlington ise of Tender sewage plant this fall tlon Control Plant indicates tenders for tin addition will be tot In November of plant scheduled for hit GOO- suiting Engineer allow a year for construction The report indi cates a meeting with Ihe and regional public officials win be heW to the possibility of effluent from Tannery from the made several appearances at both council ana committee meetings to lobby for permis sion to use the plant Even though the company Is the oldest and the largest irt the town It has been lowed to dump its treated tan sewage Into tbe town plant The plant wUl be enlarged by at least gallons nulls md Milton decrease of I ll mills In each if com pinsons null rile shows in increise Because Ins in most or ibli would or more Hi in the work dotu in tint lint in I Milton would benefit from Ihe scheme to the of ind him fits Initially Hurt would be mere costs in Milton over a Imif run the town would from the scheme iccording the reporl Burlington art only two in are is th it benefit In ill three com pinsons offered is the only irci consistently on the short end of the stick to mills refers to commercial and industrial nulls Residential and farm mill rates about 15 per cent less than the figures in the report Because it deils with only sewer work the rural areas of the region arc not Involved Rural do not pay any share of sewer programs Town approves tennis setup Hilton Hills council reeommcndilion setting up four tennis clubs in town under one assocntion ind pnisei the committees report Councillor Mule eon tended there shoulel be one uniform fee for ill clubs ind why and onion fees were twice as liih is Moore Park and Joseph Gibbons Councillor I pointed out other muni hive much higher fees than the for i firmly for in adult ind for juniors at the court clubs and the SI and 11 in it the two clubs councillor the ficihlies were dif witb hiving three Mcotl four while the oilier two locilions have said he w is not sucLesting the fees were too He he thought the lower fees should be riiscd lo the same level as the higher ones He said he did not want to mike in issue out of but said he fell the riles should Ik the same Councillor I is the lone rinfc in lent Table tennis new program of board The program committee of lbeMurri chaired by Helen in met the Wed it JO There wis i Lood response with manv new ideas tossed iround I or spcarhe osier ind This club is open to invonc interested in tennis membership is plus i nominal fee attend s club will ran for i ten week session functioning evenings seven to ten m ind ifter noon one to m Keen club members tie in last Saturday I m lined it ltlBH The would lie ipprcc of who could donate idditioml table tennis equipment The spring is be ing lined up April is the diy set for rition Programs will begin Leap Year birthday Would you believe there s a precocious ten old on fills council Ihcre is It is Councillor Dick llowitt who has his on Since he is