Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 10, 1981, p. 8

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The Acton F June 1981 Marie Sheehy sold plants at Saturday morning SouU from First Acton troop Darren Calvin Robinson and and Oustlc Catholic Women s League Donnie McDonald are congratulated by their lathers following Monday awards night Back row Ted Edmundson Robinson and Poo McDonald Seek quarry fight help Hills Council sometime this month has asked the The town Is also hoping Region Conservation HRCA will give sup- Authority to help the porting evidence to the town fight plans for a NEC quarry near has hired J consulting firm of M to help finance M Dillon to do study hydrogeloglcol study of at a cost of and this the lands off Highway includes giving evidence which Standard Aggregates owns and th want to turn Into an lotion extraction pit The town will use the study when it appears and Town The authority has been told there Is support money in the budget for legal expenses The HRCA at Its regular meeting decided to have staff meet with Hills Milton and Region on the question of the Standard Aggregates application and report bock Obituary Jack Well known local hockey player and performer In minstrel shows John Matthew Jack Greer is dead at the age of He died May 27 irai at St Joseph Hospital after a lengthy Illness A star goalkeeper and the Acton Tanners In the a Mr Greer was also known for Mb popular appearances in the town hall variety minstrel shows A foreman in the Rolling Room at Bear dm ore Mr Greer served several years on Acton council was active in the Mens Club Acton Bridge Club and played Santa Ciaus for the Christmas parties He was generally very In volved with community activities He born Juno in the son of William James Greer and Mary Thompson He attended both public and high schools in In 1929 e was brought to Acton to play hockey He married Thelma Doris Gamble on January in Acton Greer me couple four children and nine grandchildren Although Mr Greer res in the Crescent for many years hl9 last address was 17 Elizabeth Drive Left to mourn are daughter Joyce Mrs Gordon of Burlington sons James of West Hill and William sisters Mrs Anne Moore of and Mrs Mabel Barlow of Mississauaa and nine ipandchildrcn Mr Greer was predeceased by his wife daughter June and brothers Frederick and William He was affiliated with Knox Presbyterian Church Funeral service was held May 30 at Shoemaker Funeral Home with Rev James Peter Jones from Knox Presbyterian Church in Guelph officiating Pallbearers were Acton friends Harry Arbic Bill Coate3 Ed Pat MacKeraie Lloyd Masales and Lome Walters Cubs traders and group committee members were honored at the Scout awards night back row leaders Ross Walsh Dill Ingles Sue Walton and Brian Alder Front five star cub Robert Ingles group committees Don McDonald and cub the Eddie Robinson Escarpment Communion Proposed Hydro corridor is twin of ICGs idea An old Interested down the centre of Halton Citizens Group i ICG Hills to join the east west suggestion for getting line near Milton electricity out of the One of the ICGs Bruce nuclear generator suggested alternate re- appearing as a new routes for Ontario Hydro proposal Hills line a shorter today the cheapest of people could rend the Ontario Hydro a ideas It Initial report and come to would cost five or six conclusions Super Bonus Clash of the Titans PLUS Corvette Summer Mark Hamll ADULT ENTERTAINMENT itsrataHonMitan Nice Dreamt The Electric I BnOfflcai Show At 2umi Six poss routes for Join the Bruce to the provincial grid were unvc led last week at London One of the possible routes and he cheapest ru to Essa near Barrie There it would Join an exist line to Toronto and northern Onlar Halton ft lis and Milton res dents w 11 recall that the tint 500 Ine which was for years the subject of bitter ICG and Ontario Hydro battles was completed last summer That rat kV line runs from north to south one from Bruce to Ontario Hydro dismissed that suggestion years ago One of Ontario Hydro new choices for bringing power to the Ontario grid from the Bruce la the line much as ICG member and Acton area resident John Schneider outlined repeatedly years ago to the utility It the ultimate irony Liberal MPP Julian Reed commented The proposal which was shorter than Ihe 109mile Bruce to Milton line is The most expensive costa The other corridors out of the Bruce lead to the London area As previously reported in this newspaper none of the recent proposals runs Until the fall opinion and comment from the public will be accepted concerning the six proposed routes After that Ontario Hydro will prepare for an en vironmental hearing parallel to the Bruce to under the new Con Hearings Act Those hearings arc to start in January ac cording to Target date for the new line Is Hydro cording to Liberal energy critic Reed has done initial environmental studies on all the lines Enough study to present to the environmental assessment board The main uncertainty about the process Is the new hearings act Its Just been Introduced Into the legislature and few people know exactly how it will be administered One fundamental concern said Reed is the question of whether it will limit righto of citizens Its hard to Donald Saunders son of Arthur Saunders Acton recently uated from Col lege Agricultural Tech oology with a diploma In Animal Health Techno logy Milton line A daily newspaper report interprets Ontario Hydro environmental a lysis as appearing to favor systems involving a BruceLondon line Here arc reactions from the ICG and Ontario Hydro to that report To Schneider ears if you add the more for the Bruce to London tine to the lack of a full environmental study of that route one gets a sum thats consistent with history Referring to the dally report Scl said They Ontario Hydro say lis environmentally more acceptable but clearly they II do more damage by spending the f The environmental damage Is related to the amount of work they do There can be no argument about that said Schneider Ontario Hydro s project Thomas of the system planning department said Friday that any one of the six proposals will be ac ceptable to the public utility The dally a story was a Acton District Citizens are cordially invited to BRANCH 197 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION STREET OPEN HOUSE SUNPAY JUNE 1981 J pm 4 pm TbuOf Legion Activities Light Refreshments Hie Aetna and Georgetown branches of the Ontario rted Cross helped sponsor a small safety display at Fairy Lake last week Msrtln with paddle Allison and Kevin Browne manned the display Repair Parts Slo Barn Cleaners Cow Stalls Water Bowls FARM SYSTEMS if DOYLE ft I SEAN Pi WEIGHT WATCHERS SUMMER GIFT TO YOU TREAT YOURSELF AND WE TREAT YOU WITH C Jo We between June 15th and September Attend tor twelve and beautiful lined tots It FREE 8269204 Josee daugh ler of Mr and Mrs Louis of Acton it graduated mailer of McMatter University table3 with a Bachelor of Hydro report according Science In nursing She has now accepted a I lion at Mount Sinai Has In Toronto R snov There are so many factors Involved said Five or six CANADIAN ODEON THEATRES GEORGETOWN 3 Officer Cadet Doug a Cooper son of Mr and Mrs AG Cooper Acton recently uatcd with a Bachelor of Gem Com Degree a a Com mission In the Canadian Forces from Royal Roods Military College In Bri tish Columbia lie will be serving as a Naval Of when its barbecue time BLACK ANGUS Black Angus Freezer Beef GUARANTEE A bee g Canada A a THIS AD IS WORTH OFF YOUR 300 LB BEEF PURCHASE All beef cut by appointment only Mow he me for be day aheed gh now we ere altering the family May we you dock up now em ear ihe beef lied to your one f refit NOMOnVDOwH CHARM 111 6 months to pay no interest charges no carrying chargsa with FREE LBS PORK 10tbofUn Pott Chops Km of W ft of lean RUM 10 fa of Port Routs FREE with Urn BURLINGTON SpKlallrt hi P CANADA GRADE A 3 ONLY PRIMAL BEEF ORDERS BEEF ORDERS 111 Km hi STONEY CREEK Barton SI 6622874

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