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Acton ft en ess Wednesday 22 1981 Mian Don McDonald Publisher TELEPHONE a o Founded In Pub every Wednesday by Pub On a L7J Totophone 3 yon Canada I Co V ions ho hon Canada typog Ac on F ho and Pub ah Co suburban news 3 which nctuda A an by inn New Advertise amp on Gua d on E Tho Goo own Mo a and Sun on Canadian Champ on Tho Miss Now Tho he Au a E a lo This Week Weekend buna a on ho ion a portion or tha advert I ng space occupied by he no ho a advening Adverting and may bo Tho Bureau of C EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Gcrd Murray Editor one Diana Can ributor Jonn Con Halo Mu ay Da Lynda Nil ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Manager Cook Sale or Ban ossified Advert a Pa National Advertising Sain Rap- Dan 3631061 BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Ottlce Manage RhonaTho nh Mary CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Manager Mary Sprackman proves it again he doesnt care about Acton It s an old tune We played it before but it bears repeating Jerry Sprackman and his dawn Shopping Centres shouldn be allowed to build a plaza on the east side of Acton if for no other than he has conclusively demonstrated he doesh care about this community one little bit Just a little over a month before developer Doug Fread had hoped to break ground for the new plaza downtown has an appeal with the OMB over Halton Hills decision to a small part of s site for com It is just another in a series of objections Sprackman has lodged with the OMB against projects ap proved since Halton Hills decided to turn thumbs down on his plaza plan The planning and economic rea sons we oppose s plaza proposal have been stated clearly in the past In a nutshell we agree with council that commercial development priority should be given to downtown before there is any further commercial develop ment along Highway It is interesting to note the recently publicized Acton Heights Development Plan which would if ever approved in its entirety add over 3 people to Acton s pop ulation states there is already am pie commercial areas in Acton and left room for just a small con venience store in its plans Sprackman has gone on record with us as being interested in answering the desires of residents to have more supermarket facilities in Acton He points to his survey which showed strong com support for his plaza Yet he turns around and throws up a roadblock in front of a pro ject which would provide Acton with a new supermarket sub stantially larger than the existing store His tactic as we have said be fore t new Developers who see their pro jects rejected by the town oppose everything else council approves while awaiting then- own OMB hearing It designed to wear down and frustrate council Sprackman s firm has opposed a number of projects in the past year most notably an Official Plan amendment which would create more industrial land for Acton His arguement has been that Acton supposedly is short of sew age allocation so if a project ap proved after his was rejected goes ahead it could take sewage plant space away from his plaza which might still be approved by the OMB However we can t see that holding water this time The plaza is definitely in filling It is within the existing ur ban servicing boundaries And it is being built where development once was the Dominion Hotel and an old house These buildings had sewage service and just because they t there now mean their sewage allocations were removed Sewage tions were done a few years ago and are based on formulas not on precise gauging of effluent from a building We can see how the plaza will take sewage allocation from the proposed east side plaza And even if it would it should still take priority because it is in our opinion a much sounder idea from orderly development standpoint and it is on land where servicing already exists It is difficult to determine what Sprackman s case will be on this objection or any other for that matter He doesn return our calls The only time we have heard from him was when he wanted to tell us he didn t agree with our stance against him We d welcome his telling us some other reason he has for the plaza other than to prevent any commercial development here if he can t precede with his plan Yes we ve said it before but it bears repeating Sprackman has shown in our that he t have Ac ton best interests at heart We be better off suffering without any further commercial development rather than allow him to build his plaza light of the attitude he has demonstrated Parents should teach their children bicycle safety Since the return of warmer except in recent days it has been obvious Acton children have generally ignored or forgotten what ever they have been taught about bicycle safety They re tiding double They ride three and four abreast down the middle of the road They weave from side to side They ride with no hands They ride out from between par kedcars In fact you name a dangerous bicycle riding habit and a good number of youngsters here are do ing it It s a wonder more hit by cars It a wonder there hasn t been a tragedy and some child kit led It even more of a wonder more drivers don t die droves of heart failure behind the wheel Driving in this town has been a real nail biting experience in the area of schools play grounds and high concentrations of children likeKmgham Obviously the schools and police have an important role to play in teaching bicycle safety However it can t be emphasized strongly enough the job rests primarily with parents If you think it someone else kid who is such a terror on two wheels or even three in a few cases then it time you went out and spot checked your child s bike riding habits If after observing without giv ing prior warning you discover your child is indeed careless then we have a few suggestions for sol ving the problem First take the bike away for a few weeks Nothing will get the message across as quickly Secondly when the bike is in use again take the time to review safe riding practises with the rider explaining the crucial importance of riding safely and the possibly tragic consequences of carelessness Lastly don then forget about the problem until next spring Chddren are carefree frequent monitoring of their bike riding is needed And if your a bike you assume you don have a safety problem There s almost as many young walking all over the streets and playing on them without re gard of the traffic as there are kids riding all over them To On the Who says you can t mix business with pleasure Albert and Irma Acton just returned wme after almost three months of doing just that and they had a ball The couple left In early February for Auckland New Zealand where Albert an employee of Goss Press In Chicago was to install two units of a press En route how ever they slopped for a week in Hawaii where they soaked up the sun and relaxed they finally arrived in Auckland they found themselves In the middle of a strike of pressmen resulting In a lot of expected free time on that Island Once the strike was settled Albert set to work doing his thing Pictures appeared in two Auckland newspapers of him hard at work In a few short weeks his work was done and the Acton couple visited Australia for two weeks But their travels complete there From there they jetted to Germany to visit relatives for a week before re turning home on Good Friday Just when we thought it was over got two calls last Wednesday night just after this column reached tho front doors of many homes In town Seems the proof related to me concerning the location of Frank Prouse a was incorrect I never saw it Just took the word of an Infor mant Anyway Fred Allan was the second caller He took Ted Tyler side in saying that was never at the and Ford site He knows because he talked to Fred Garner who was located there Fred tells me Garner was In the process of selling the property to Prouse when Ray Thompson scooped it up before the Prouso deal was made It never belonged to Fred states And guess who should be the first caller but an irate Ted Tyler don t like having that man angry with me he s twice my silo Ted says last week s informant la full of I let your Imagination wander He wants to settle the matter once and for all don t we all He is prepared to next week offer positive proof that the garage was never at the site of Land He has a surprise witness who really should know Stay timed next week for another chapter In tho continuing saga Meanwhile my informant who shall not be named is trying to present me with this proof that was at both sites Achilles and and A and note in all this controversy The subject came up after Kay Dills brought me In a short piece on bow newly reelected Ontario BUI Davis had family ties in Acton His mother use to live here and sue was related to Frank Well sad to say Mrs Davis suffered from a stroke Thursday and Is in hospital We all hope she gets well and who knows may be Bhe is following alt Two suggestions this week on how to keep the dryer from eating socks One comes from Fred Allan who suggests pin them together Another comes from my fatherinlaw Jack Murray in Brampton who says by pinning them to a large article they don getlost Schneiders candy factory in was the subject of a lengthy feature story In the Globe and Mail Saturday The story delved into the past present and future of the busy place If your says this Isn the year you get to Las Vegas I m sure you re wallet will be happy to learn of Monte Carlo night a night of gaming fun to raise money for Mark May 1 on your calendar Not only will the evening have a Vegas feeling but also you will be playing with authentic cards from the Nevada gamfal city one of the organizers of the evening is so determined to make the night fun for all that he telephoned down to Circus Circus one of the more famous casinos and actually managed to talk them into sending eight dozen decks spec ially for the evening These cards are bigger than usual for what reason I don t know never having been to Vegas For ten bucks you get black jack crown and anchor and over and under plus a buffet and great door prizes Some of the bigger prizes are a trip for two to Las Vegas donated by Acton Travel a leather wing back chair from the Hide House a side of beef from a Meats a mm camera from North American Piggy back two sets of from Queens Tire and a Inch color TV plus an AM FM cassette with turntable and speakers from Hills Furniture There over 100 door prizes altogether and on evening ending auction A live band will be playing throughout the evening Because of the nature of the evening admittance is restricted to persons 19 years of age and over Fun starts at 30 at the Acton Commun ity Centre I Bee you there If you re a golfer you may be interested In reading Diana Waltmann roundup of where to play in the area in this week sports section Might be a good Idea to cut it out bo you can keep referring to it over the season Ever notice at the Actario draws that the colder the day the more people come out and the nicer the day the sparser the crowd This past Saturday was according to my chilled bones freezing Yet both sides of the sidewalk on Mill St was lined with hopeful ticket holders But the week before with the sun shining and most of us In spring jackets hardly anyone showed up as compared to the usual crowd Remember the breast examination clinic at Glenlea clinic this Saturday morning from to noon Call evenings or for free transports or babysitting Easter parade In our Easier bonnet Z Bennetts grade four class In celebration of the holiday Teacher Cindy Blades Warrington Michael Ca a par AndyScott Jason Henderson Tom Jones ChrisWebster Second row Parker Angela Johnstone Cheryl Hancock Nicole Charles Richard Vranlc Billy Myrea Mike Gordon and Brian Alexander front row Tracy Smith Laura Ma sales Michelle Ilea pa Jai on Median Carolyn Hahn Tommy Nolan 10 years ago Wednesday April mi Jane Watson Day ended the high school curling season She won all the top awards Winning rink consisted of Jane David Cunningham and Sharon faces its high eft welfare hill in 16 years due to high unemployment an in creasing number of deserted wives and persons with physical disabilities Construction began Monday on a new sewage plant for Beardmore Don Price and Joan Morris won the finals of the Badminton club Vanitem and Norm Altken were runnernup Daughters stole the limelight at the Menettes spring fashion show Is split on the water and sewer issue years ago Thursday April 1081 The plans for the new county building will not be approved until the price is cut to one million dollars Acton Agricultural Society has agreed to canvass the rural areas for the arena project Phil Caddlck and high school pupils are building a model and the firemen are decorating windows downtown Alec Johnson and Johnny have made speeches to groups this week South Pacific was the theme for the annual high school dance On the com were chairman Mary Elliott Janice Gardner Susan Wilson Brian Otter betn Jean Moffat and Andrew Tarrant Mrs J Galloway was staff advisor Barry Klrkness acted as master of ceremonies On May 1 a new parish will be established Including Erin and Anglican churches The parish of Acton will just include the Church of St Alban the 50 years ago Thursday April 1931 The charter night and banquet of Acton Legion was an outstanding success Over 100 attended banquet in the club rooms on Frederick St VicePresident J M McDonald was toastmaster Col Picking presented the charter as about members stood President J Gould VicePresidents J M McDonald and B G Arnold Secretary L Wright and executive members Honey and received the charter and the vows Mr Salt accompanied soloist Scotty Burton Bennett of Toronto expressed regret Col A was not present Col Beardmore has been ap pointed ADC to the new GovernorGen eral in recognition of his work as com manding officer of the Royal Grenadiers This announcement was greeted with cheers Comrade Padbury made a stirring ap peal for members Rev commented lasting peace would come through the forts of such organizations There were many speeches made during the evening years ago Thursday April IS IBM The Women Institute met in the Town Hall when the subject was laundry work A real live missionary from Africa Rev Walter Currle spoke at Churchill Church He has spent years In the dark continent At a meeting of the Rockwood C U resolutions were passed concerning the Lord Day Act and the Liquor License Bill Martin McMurchy a bright young grad uate of Acton high school and a school teacher at Craigmont was feeling badly usedupandcamehome then walking three miles to Acton to the doctor Pneumonia turned to typhoid and the weakened system was unable to stand the second attack He died at the age of With his twin brother John he passed the Entrance in under Miss Minnie Bennett and they attended High School for parts of two terms their duties on the farm requiring them to be there They then attended county model school at Milton years ago Thursday April 14 Dr Morrow s horse broke through the ice on the pond but was rescued by several men after having been in the water for several hours The Ontario Deaf and Dumb Institute at Belleville has room for several new pupils This la the season when all underwraps should be as regularly as In January A meeting of ratepayers is called to con sider the erecting of a town hall It is our sorrowful duty to announce the death of Mr Malcolm Kennedy one of the first settlers of this village He was born In Scotland in and was a stone mason