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One Hundred and Second YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24 Twentyeight pages Fifteen Cents Corridor in this area Solicitors question credibility a AHS GREASER DAY rediscovered shirt tails and bobby socks on the best dressed of the older generation which included these grade students sits on the front left in front of Sherry Halladay and Beth Grein On the right sit Lillian Graham Melody and Janet Agar Kim McDowell tops the row Ontario Hydro hearings of necessity began Monday at the Legion hall in Acton and are expected to continue until today Wednesday The hearings will decide on the right of Ontario Hydro to expropriate property for a high voltage corridor in this area The line would cross High way between the Fourth and Fifth lines On Monday several attempts by the Interested Citizens Group to delay the expropriation hearings failed Georgetown lawyer Dick Howitt representing many of the landowners facing expropriation requested evidence supporting availability of other routes be permitted He said he wanted a ruling to use all evidence on another route that could have been used This issue is very basic to this hearing he Hydros lawyer C Marshal countered with arguments supporting Hydro position that the Bruce Milton route was already decided BIA designation notices now out People in business along a block area of downtown Acton received in the mail notices of intention of designating a Business Improvement area The area is designated for improvement and maintenance of mumci beyond what is provided it the expense of the whole municipality Unless a petition signed by at least one third is received objecting to the improvement area council will in all like pass the required by law Deadline for filing petitions is January IT Merchants and business people in the arta will be assessed Ihe cost of specific improvements The downtown business people have been considering this designation for a couple of months and council to proceed wilh it taring error However the information which came to last week included an note rciding The council of the town of Hills has received a request from Ihe directors of the Downtown Business Men Association Georgetown to pass a bylaw All a mistake explains clerk administrator Doug Short cut Pntehard The same pre amble used for the similar designation in Georgetown was included in Ihe Acton proposal in error He said letters of explanation sub sequently out to Ihe JO people involved The arc i includes the two full blocks north and south of Mill from the tracks to Park Ave and three full blocks bounded by Main Willow Agnes and St Alban Dr Homeowners and landlord do not receive notification only the people who would be for the improve ments and business promo Ban parking on Kingham That decision has already been made he declared staling evidence of alternate routes wasn applicable We don I propose lo gel into discussion of an alter native line were here discuss individual properties We may talk about shifts on the route from A lo points and are already decided he said Leon lawyer for Waller and Scott Georgetown received enthusiastic applause with impassioned plea to Hydro to prove theirs was the only route to be adopted He felt for he purposes of Justice exploration In he broadest terms should be allowed Chairman Donald nek a hearing officer for five years deferred the question until he had the chance to examine previous expropriation eases for pre cedents earlier attempt was made halt proceedings by when he discovered the hearing officer and Hydro s lawyer were based in the same ministry is the pice to have it resolved chairman rick said after admitting its the first case he heard of where the Attar General office supplied a hearing officer and a lawyer for one side in the same dispute He suggested the courts might resolve Ihe matter the situation is novel II cerlainly Is to me commented the chair It all looks too cosy to my clients said Howitt Paroian went on to declare his clients received word of the hearing loo late to prepare a case He wonled the hearings adjourned till Wednesday for Ihe necessary five days allowed for a lion case was deferred till Wed day but hearings con tinued remained at the hearing Monday and stayed very active Councillor brought up the point of the restrictive planning zoning by law in the Official Plan ID a formulated between 1970 and 1973 which not include a clause exempting utilities from the restrictive bylaw Hydro applied to the municipality for inclusion of the exemption clause and ended by taking the applies tion all the way to the Cabinet according to He ended saying Hydro did yel have exemption from the municipality to construct the line These proceedings are premature he stated Hydro lawyer Marshal countered explaining zoning had no bearing on lion powers On November 10 1976 Cabinet had confirmed the decision of the OMB and passed the question of exemption back to the muni said Marshal Hydro would now make application to Hills for the exemp tion according lo Marshal pointed out the Cabinet could have overruled Continued on pay Paving may begin today Paving could begin today along the first three blocks of Mill Tuesday an additional water main was laid between Gordon real estate and the bank and rollers made their final runs up and down the road bed Curbs and gutters were all ready Repairs water mains were made Sunday The tempera re be above degrees for paving and Ihe weather today Wednesday was expected to be co operative road will be passable almost immediately after the paving is laid The first three blocks will be ready for traffic today or within the next two days The next three blocks will be completed soon certainly riday December parade is due lo come down the newly surfaced road on Saturday Dec 11 Merchants along the route are jubilant Business has suffered badly during construction leasl the workmen smoked a lot said optimistic Helen at the smoke shop irking is being banned on the northwest side of Kint ham Road between Main Street and Hills works commit tee approved the ban day Councillor Hyde suggested it was a long stretch lo ban parking engineer Robert Austin said it was necessary because of traffic congestion in the area of the townhouses He said it is difficult for rucks to get down Ihe street with parking on both sides Meet tonight MZB school Acton s Meet the Candldales night is tonight Wednesday at Ihe Z Bennett school auditorium The program is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and teachers Contestants for the seat of mayor region councillor area councillors for ward one and Board of Education for wards one and two will all be there to speak briefly answer questions and meet the voters Joe Hurst asks light for bridge at park Councillor Joe Hurst thinks a light should be inslalled on the bridge joining subdivision area with Pros Park He told Hills works committee a number of dents have asked for Ihe light and noted it t be costly to install He pointed out the lighting situation Is fine when tennis court lights but after they are out it is pretty dark in the bridge area Mr Hurst admitted he was wary of the request since if it is met the town might later be expected to put in a sidewalk and do some snow plowing Shortcut Councillor Em Hyde ex pressed concern about lighting shortcuts and by putting a light in it would make the shortcut most a legal street Committee chairman Mike Armstrong noted people used the and bridge during the day so why they be able to use it at night Hyde warned Ihe town could end up lighting short cuts all over the municipality Engineer Robert Austin said was similar to the walkways in Georgetown and is some cases light have been approved for them and tights have been rejected for others Committee mem ben will take a look at the situation and consider the merits of a light before making a decision at the next works meeting Man found dead A Hock wood resident who was missing for more than six hours was discovered dead a mile north of the village Tuesday morning Henry Crocock of Gzowskl Street was pro nounced dead on arrival at Guclph General Hospital by coroner Dr Walter Scott Re sults of a post mortem were unknown at press time Father Olinsky reported Mr Crocock missing to OPP at am Tuesday Ontario Hydro workera made the discovery on Wellington County Road shortly after police say CHECKING INTO JUST WHERE Ontario Hydro s multi million dollar power corridor may slice through Halton Hills are three of the many people taking issue with Hydros planned expropriations Leon lawyer for Walter and Glenna Scott R 3 Georgetown examines a document with Mr Scott and another Georgetown resident Gordon Kidd The hearings continue in Actons Legion McKenzie Smith new school name letter suggesting the name Mid die School for Board of at their meeting last Wednesday The letter was signed by Mrs Kalhy on behalf of over lnlerested citizens Many id signed in favor of the new name at the fill fur in September Director of Lin the board should serious con to the name Rested nil possible is well He added that the board his of time until the the year to nunc two new schools in In her letter Mrs The middle school ilue loopen next September in Acton his been a topic of people in Acton Among other items of interest is the name for the school Many of us feel lhat the school should have a name hat Ins special significance In hi people of this town Iherefore we are suggesting to you and the Board that the new school be named the Smilh Middle School in honor of two long time principals in Ihe schools of Acton Over 400 people had indicated that they support this Pur over years and Smith Rinded children through the important years of heir clement lid Both men were also very in their community When these men relired in heir former students and staffs gathered to honor them and wish them well This was just a small token of our appreciation to two men who gave so many years of service to others It may be unusual to name a school after two people but we feel it is appropriate in this case Pal and timer worked together as a team when they were at Acton School and later at Robert Little and I Ben nelt For this reason we would like to see their names logetheronthe new school as their names have been linked together in education for so many years We trust that the Board will find merit in this and decide in favor of this name If you wish we would be pleased to have someone appear before you and or the Board lo discuss this suggestion Consult Authority Downtown parking council topic again ENGRAVED CLOCK was presented to a 48year member of Acton fair board L Davidson Friday night The annual fair board dinner and dance was renamed Bert Davidson night this year With him are his wife and grandson Brent Marshall first vicepresident of the board Hills works commit tee decided Monday not to take any further action to remedy parking problems in downtown Acton while Mill Street is reconstructed Councillor Joe who has called for a complete review parking in the downtown area once the work is done on Mill Street sug gested two hour parking should be enacted on Willow Bower Mill He noted merchants have indicated they won t invest in off street parking until some thing is done people who park all day in the same place every day Mr Hurst said church parking lots being fully utilized Councillor said the parking comes under the jurisdiction of parking authority and urged lhat body be asked to make recommendations the town before action is taken minority Mr Hurst countered Ihe problem was turned over to Ihe parking authority eight months ago and nothing has resulted Mr Hyde said while the crisis situation exists in the downtown area because of Mill Street reconstruction the police have the authority to limit parking on side streets to two hours Ihe same as they do for funerals and snow plowing Robert Austin said of hose items were covered in the town parking by law and questioned whether he police could limit parking because of reconstruction Mr Hyde wondered if the police had manpower lo enforce the two hour limit even if the town did enact it and Mr Hurst suggested people would only have to receive a ticket once and they would obey the law Nol much hope Mr Austin said he is in favor of two hour parking and has been pushing the idea for some lime without much sue cess and noted he hold out much hope of being able to talk Ihe parking authority Into supporting his view He noted the crisis which has never been established as an emergency will be over Mr Hurst noted under the town by law the police can only limit parking to two hours on Mill and Main Streets and it is pointless on Mill Street and Ihere a lol of parking spots on Main Street anyway He wanted to have the parking authority attend the next works meeting to discuss parking Acton Mr Hyde said before any by law changes are made the parking authority must be consulted and the police ad vised Consult Committee chairman Mike Armstrong said as long as the town has a parking authority it might as well be consulted and suggested they be asked to attend the nexl works meeting on December Mr Austin said he would try and have some kind of by law put together outlining the where parking should be limited to two hours