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Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday 1980 Guardian Tho Burl Founded In Post Elobicoko and Sun Tho ma IF1 SIM Dan McDonald Publisher lor In Weekly in Number 0515 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor God Murray Eric Diana Rockwood News Jonn lor Ban Co nil lb ut or n ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Cook Soles Ban OlflcaUnnanor Thomli Carolyn CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE Business and Editorial Office Back Divide and Conquer It would appear the only way Acton and the rest of Halton is ever going to take actions to solve the regions growing garbage problems is if we are all knee deep in garbage Engineer Robert Austin re cently remarked at council that the town may not have to worry about garbage collection costs and disposal fees for dumping at the last two region landfill sites in south Halton in another year Far too many people chuckled at his comment thinking it was a joke Then theres the disturbing news that Divide and Conquer the towns recycling program is far from a success in its first two months of operation in Acton Only 12 per cent of Acton house holds are participating The works department was aiming for 25 to 27 per cent to reach its goal of tons of Acton paper glass and tin collected each month To make matters worse while our garbage problems and the collection and disposal costs mount interest in the program is waning a bit in Georgetown where it is well estab lished after two years The region which is responsible for garbage disposal is down to two rapidly filling dumps in Burlington and Oakville There arent any in the north which means we are all paying more to get rid of our refuse because of increasing trucking costs The region knows the problem It knows if action isnt taken soon all the dumps will be closed and there will be garbage on more than just our rural roads and a few residential streets Well be knee deep in the wet smelly stuff The regions spent a bundle on studies and not come up with any solutions And why should they buckle down and quit making garbage a political football when the vast majority of residents are either unaware of the problem or dont care Participation in Divide and Con quer takes very little extra time It will reduce not only the volumes filling our dumps mak ing them last longer but will also help reduce our collection and disposal costs because the town is paid for the recyclable materials Frank Morette the town works superintendent reports the town has been approached by a customer willing to buy card board which is used extensively in packaging and accounts for a lot of garbage But whats the use of the town getting into that too It doesnt pay as well as other materials and besides not enough residents are participating in Divide and Conquer now to pull the program out of the red Actonians should accept the challenge and go all out to separate more garbage than their Halton Hills cousins down in Georgetown Lower taxes on new homes This Is my second attempt at writing this letter in reply to your caption should pay more and Mrs Lambert let ter page June i960 Issue My first letter I wrote on June Im mediately after reading the letter It con tained three pages of harsh but true facts in response to Mrs Lamberts letter After reading It myself and letting a few days pass by I realized that my response in a harsh manner was exactly what we are trying not to do That la to put old residents of Acton against new It was also when I realized that perhaps many local people dont understand hat all the fuss Is about I therefore thought I would try and be more constructive In my approach to tell the facts as they are I might add that I am a resident of the area The first and foremost objective we have Is to lower or stabilize the property taxes paid by the residents of the newer homes In Acton The only way that we can see this being accomplished Is for section Be to be implemented I agree with local government that before opting for this plan It should be studied and oil of ihelr answered before a decision Is nude We dont wish to see this time per iod abused though because as you know elections are not all that far away We wouldnt like to see this die In the mean time What Section 80 does Is a total reassessment of the area This would mean that many homes assessments would go up thus raising taxes and some would go down thus lowering taxes This option is the only sure way we can see of lowering our taxes If there Is another way with good a chance of working In our favour without having total reassess Im sure the people in our area would go for It The tax problem we face should be looked at in a variety of aspects Lets dwell on some of these because they dont only concern the newer homes here but should be a concern for all residents of Acton The taxes paid by many people of our subdivision are between per year And there are some who pay more Our concern a our taxes are out of line for the services received b our taxes have almost doubled In the past five years If our tax rate continues to go unchal lenged It Is conceivable that our taxes could double In the next five years mean ing per year 2 One way to offset high taxes In any community in to have a good Industrial base This area concerns us for a number of reasons a we dont have a good In base in Acton we dont seem to be to attract Industry to our town although other areas of Halton are getting fresh Industrial blood we dont seem to be able to keep what little industrial base we have Since we do not have a good Industrial base here most of our residents work out side of town Mil ton Georgetown Brampton Mlsslssauga Guelph etc mak Acton a bedroom community What happens when gas prices go to per gallon Not only will people move out but so will business because between high taxes and high transportation expenses they will move closer to major trans porta t ion lanes or closer to their course of raw material This means trouble for a small community such as ours It very apparent that the town seems to be doing Its job In keeping taxes down having only a per cent yearly average Increase My hat off to you The same cannot be said for the regional government This Is already a sore spot for many local people Need I say more I would now like to address myself to Mrs Lambert letter who I admire for voicing her opinion If I may take some of your comments Mrs Lambert and reply 1 The Items mentioned regarding assessment value re Square footage basements number of bath rooms heating and additional structures In my case my basement is unfinished I have one bathroom I have gas heat no air conditioning I have no additional struct ures and no pool I pay over per year The additional services required for newer developments such as a sewage no doubt the capacity of tho treatment plant was increased but did you know that all the sewers in Bovls were paid for by the builder and thus passed on the price of our homes as were roads sidewalks and lighting new schools you could hardly attribute Ihe new high school to our subdivision or the newer homeowners as most of our children are preschool or lower element ary grades arenas If there hap pened to be a new arena In Acton kindly let me know where so I can book some ice time Perhaps Mrs Lambert was thinking of the Gordon Aleott arena In Georgetown Maintenance of additional roads you may note that all road construction has been in areas other than the new sub divisions of Acton It is true that we get snow removal along with garbage pickup and mall delivery which Is the least wo could expect for our tax dollar Maintenance of parks the only park we have In our subdivision Is a paved drainage ditch which Is Infested with etc I wouldnt expect anyone to play in that no matter what their taxes At any rati I have written all I wish to at this time The residents of my area like Acton the people and the atmosphere and wish to continue to live h re and be active socially All we are asking for is a fair shake Rick Smith New book makes you dig to bottom of garbage can If you re so smart why don you write something intelligent and literary That what a lady said to me after read In that dumb article that I was a uote In honor English My Immediate response waB If youre so smart slater why are you reading that trashy magazine Fort as they say cooler heads pre vailed and my wife and I were once more pried opart before we could injure each other O You want literary criticism You shall get It I ve Just finished reading Needles the novel that won for Its author William Dcvercll In a new gimmick established by I think Seal paperback books and the old and It says herereputable Canadian publishing firm of McClelland and Stewart It was according to the cover blurb the unanimous choice of the Judges I wonder who Judges were Gordle Howe George Chuvalo Lassie Needles cannot bo written by a fine young Canadian It is straight out of Sax Rohmer by Mickey SpUlane with James Bond doing the accouchement It Is pure garbage But the sort of gar bage that make you dig right to tho bottom of the garbage can Note the repetition of the word garbage there you literary Buy It is wonderful garbage and that why the judges chose it It will sell Its so rotten that I finished It at three am Its so bad you cant put tho dang thing down It has everything that the modern reader wants andean tqulto get even though TV and the movies arc busting their corsets to Anyone who entered the Back to Acton Days poster and essay contests can pick up their work at Road until the end of this month After that all entries will be considered unwanted and disposed Wee Heather Fleming daughter of Bob and Janet left yesterday Tuesday for a visit with grandparents near Boston So what Well Heather Is all of fiveyears old and will be without a travelling companion on the flight down Im years older than Heather and still don have the nerve to travel alone It was a happy day hero at the Free Press last Wednesday when word arrived of the birth of Nicole on Tuesday to The birth of a baby Is always an exciting and happy probe our every It has kinky sex drugs genital mutil ation booze a cop who likes kicking peo ple In the guts a courtroom scene with a lawyer who is shooting into his vein and a re- Incarnation of FuManchu the great Chinese villain of the aforemenUoncd Sax books It also contains every dirty word you ever thought you might like to say and every violent deed you might like to commit It bound to be a bestseller And that Is why George Lassie chose It Not for literary merit To be fair it has a few great descriptive passages from the Vancouver Chamber of Commerce tourist booklet and some switches right out of John Carre So sue me Jack McClelland Everything is in my wifes name Actually I thorough ly enjoyed the novel and Im sure you will too If you cant get enough sex and viol ence at home Might as well get all this ilt out of my system at once That brings up no pun In tended Mordccai new novel I haven read It because the library has not yet stocked It and may never do so When his novel Cocksure won the Governor Generals Award I chaffed our local librarian because it wasnt on the shelves Her reply and she was right was that it was too dirty for our town We must have had a dirty old man as Governor General at the time At any rate as they say when they dont know how to begin he next paragraph grumpy old has once again gone through his gestation and produced And once again he Is Into the Jewish time but for the Dodds It was especially so Nicole Is the first girl born into the family in over years Now thats what I call destroying a male bastion Now Dad Daves big question is will she bo ready for soccer next season and where can he sign her up for bagpipe lessons Dave works In the composing room and moved to Acton in December from Hamil ton Congratulations This week marks the birthday of The Acton Free Press Last week marked my sixth year on the staff In one capacity or another In the years this paper has had the opportunity to serve this proudly bo a part of It and watch It grow In its history except for the days when all work stopped for two weeks holidays the paper has come out faithfully every Thursday and more recently Wednesday without foil Im glad 1 ve been a part of Its history Last week also marked the birth day of Acton as a town For newcomers thats why Back to Acton Days la celebrated In conjunction with Canada Day There sure does seem to be lot of people on holidays this month At times thing In short he has once more re written the same novel that he has been honing for years He wrote one about a young Jew then about a slightly older Jew then about a youngish middleaged Jew and this one is about a really middle- aged Jew Im looking forward to his novel about an old Jew Simply Mordccai after a couple of good attempts went back to the fecund well of his own background drew from it and drank deeply The results are first rate He has not yet produced a master piece as Macleans that pale copy of something or other called his latest work masterpiece A piece done by a master which is recognized a hundred or three hundred years later by the current expert on masterpieces Shakespeare was a journeyman ploy- Dickens sold his stuff to mag and padded it unscrupulously because he was paid by the word Nobody would touch Conrad with a tenfoot pole until he was aging We have some excellent writers in Canada Ifyou want into the mind of want to see into the mind of a Catholic moralist read Morley Callaghan If you want to sec into the mind of a WASP read Richard And so on But If you want to read the works of a hard nosed satirist who lays It right on the line about this country of ours read Too bad his novels are too dirty to teach in high school But I have snuck in Kravltz this place seems like a ghost town Why it is even possible to make a left hand turn onto Mill Street lately something which Is usually an impossible task or at least an aging task While silting out in the sun Sunday thinking of all the people I know who are away a Blight pang of envy crossed my thoughts It was soon relieved however when I realized that come Labor Day weekend when most holidays are over with mine will still be a month away and everyone can envy me come October Hubby Gord heads up to his brothers wedding in NWT this week end leaving me at home to contemplate my navel Im a bit worried though So far ve known three people to head up there for Just a short time only to like It there and decide to stay Two of them are Actons own Dave Irene Ryder I hope Gord enjoys his short visit but I certainly hope he doesnt catch fever and stay Volunteers are desperately needed to deliver Meals on Wheels The Community Services Centre also needs someone who is willing to drive to Milton Centennial Manor where the meals arc prepared to pick them up They need not deliver them door to door but Just to get them would be a big help Back issues 10 years ago Wednesday July 1970 A two car crash Sunday evening In the roller coaster hills north of Acton severely injured well known Mr and Mrs Ross alien tine and a six year old Waterloo girl Robin on her way to spend a week in a Ballinafad home All three are in General Hospital following the coll Islon in dense fog about Esqueslng Township needs less garbage councillors said at the regular meeting of council Monday night Reporting on a meeting of the Board of Education and the Halton County Council concerning a joint view towards regional government board chairman Doug Wood said residents had the right to say whether or not Burlington should stay in Acton wont get land without a fight the townships reeve and deputy reeve Indicated Monday at the township council meeting The opening of the Golden Horseshoe situated in the north end of township last week was followed by a scries of complaints at Esqueslng Council s regular meeting Monday night 20 years ago July 1S60 Acton Council Tuesday evening unanimously endorsed a suggestion that the county give serious consideration to ap pointing a county welfare officer The complete main floor of the town hall will be rewired and power to the upstairs cut off as a result of Inspection by Ontario Hydro inspectors during the recent town hall improvements Town workmen are presently preparing the council chambers for the application of the mahogany plywood and tile The wall and celling hove been strapped and plywood Is being applied to the floor In preparation for the tile Linda Bralda and Elizabeth Force have each won scholarships to the summer school at Guelph The awards made by Rosa Smith are for ability interest Shining silver dollars and small colored vouchers exchanged hands at a great rate when businessmen held their first unity picnic in the park Monday afternoon Sponsoring merchants were swamped by people all bringing vouchers given out since June at stores with purchases 50 years ago July Mrs M Moore Misses W McMillan and Jean of Acton are taking the summer course in Public School Music at Toronto Normal School during the holidays Miss Margaret Young of Acton is taking the course at the University In physical train and Miss Olive Cooper the agricultural course at the OAC In addition to the splendid standing of Acton Public School Pupils reported last week another honor has come as shown in the recent Entrance Examination Howard A Norton aged 12 son of Mr and Mrs W Norton Acton won the highest standing In the county and Harold SkHllng son of Mrs C K Browne won second highest standing In the county Both were pupils of Acton Public School under Miss Z Bennett The voters list for for the coming election contains a total of names These arc distributed In the county as follows Acton Burlington 1782 Georgetown Milton Oakville Total for towns Total for townships Miss Mary E Macphcrson Mrs Alice Macphcrsan and Frances Dills are on a motor trip this week to Toronto and Beach Miss Margaret Harrison spent the week end at Rocks id 100 years ago Thursday July is 1880 Mr Thos Webster of Brantford Grand Scribe of the Grand Lodge of the Sons of Temperance of Ontario will address a meeting on the subject of Temperance in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening 22nd All are cordially Invited to attend A game of baseball for the championship of Canada was played in Guelph on Monday between the Actives of Woodstock and the Maple Leafs of Guelph The game resulted In favor of latter by a score of Mr Clarence formerly of Sheridan taken up his abode In our village and Intends to direct his at to teaching of vocal and instru mental music In all branches Mr Grlswold is a graduate of Baxter Musical College New York and will no doubt prove himself as an efficient teacher ADVICE TO GIRLS Just a few words girls and don t get mad Go slow on getting acquainted with every stranger that comes Into town Men are on the lookout for young women to flirt with Dont try to be the first to catch a commercial traveller or receive his company at your homes or go with him to social gatherings This class of men make fun of you to your friends Dont snub the young men you know to gain the momentary attention of strangers It never pays Take the advice we offer and see how much happier you will be when you settle down In homes of your own