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Four injured in crash Firefighter were called a the Service Station on Highway Tuesday to hose gasoline away from a motorcycle and car that collided shortly after sending four people to hospital The driver and a passenger on the vintage Indian motorcycle suffered serious Injuries Photo by Bob Two Glen William men suffered serious injuries last Tuesday evening when the vintage motorcycle they were riding slammed into a turning car Clifford Zimmerman 31 of Glen Crescent in Glen Williams driving a 1947 Indian motorcycle Is In satisfactory condition with unspecified injuries at Pee Memorial Hospital where he was trail after receiving preliminary treat meat at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital His passenger Glen Crescent Dr neigh bor Keith Perkins 37 la in satisfactory condition at Georgetown hospital with a fractured left leg Treated and released from Peel Memorial were Jung who was driving a Dodge and bis passenger Jung The two RR 1 George town residents who lived next to the station received minimal Injuries With regional police on hand Milton OPP officers Investigated the accident summoning Halton Hills fire fighters to take care of a gasoline spill Damage was set at to the Dodge and to the motorcycle Conscience money The federal government would like to acknowledge receipt of in cash from an unknown person probably from Acton or area who may have felt they were Indebted to the government The envelope with the cash in it was postmarked Acton March 196 and Supply and Services Canada has edged receipt of the money from an unknown person whose conscience he or she is indebted to the federal government REAL ESTATE SERVCES LTD REALTOR 170 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8774173 GEORGETOWN PONTUCBUKX TRUCKS 8774149 One Hundred and Ninth Year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY 1984 Thirty Six Pages Thirty Cents Double amputee fighting for independence Stone quarry could be new landfill site A Burlington limestone quarry could become Halton new landfill site if concern over the welfare of elderly patients at a rural nursing home can be alleviated Pushing regional consultants to reconsider the Nelson Crushed Stone quarry on the Sideroad near the Guelph Line as a candidate for land filling Milton Councillor Bill Johnson believes selection of the site could save between million and million In a progress report accepted by regional established whether ri affiled a combined quarrying land filling operation Johnson said relocating the lodge would cost a pittance compared to the cost or carrying on the dump search As a good public relations gesture I sure the region could well afford to relocate the home in another rural area he said citing the old school as one location which with foresight could have purchased for such a use As he indicated in a submission to the regional consultants March 7 Johnson said the Nelson quarry already features an upgraded access road ideal hydrogeology weigh scales a plant site security and an offer by the company to supply equipment as well as a recycling shed for the region s use No land would have to be bought as is the case with most other candidate sites still under consideration Johnson said and technology is available to overcome the pro blem of garbage residue leaking into groundwater supplies through cracks in the stone Apart from the question of the lodge s proximity he added the only real problem involves the company s commitment to rehabilitating the site once quarrying is completed That can be renegotiated he said Business topic Acton Chamber of Commerce is soring a business development luncheon at the Acton Meadows Golf Quo on day June 13 to exchange Information on business development in Acton Guest speaker at the noon affair will be Brent the region development officer council recently consultants Walker Wright Young Associates Ltd recommended rejecting the quarry as candidate site because of its close proximity to the Mount Nemo Lodge Nursing Home Research indicates that the elderly would be risk of deteriorating and psychologically if it should be decided that they be relocated council was In virtually every other area of however the consultants ledged that the Nelson quarry is at first glance a prune candidate for I and11 ling A letter to regional council from the quarry company suggested last week that lion of the quarry as a candidate site is premature and urged council to have consultants take a closer look The case for reconsidering the quarry site is strong enough according to Onkvtlle Councillor Ann chairman of Halton planning and public works commit tee that Johnson Is likely to find plenty of allies on council in his support of quarry choice Not convinced that relocating the Mount NcmoLodgeisaviablepossibtlity lodge ad minis tor Maria Aull told this newspaper that landfill In the Ntlson quarry would have substantial impact on more than residents of the immediate area Some form of protest is likely if the region shows in would hope in that time we could find some solution stressed that the region is only at the midway point in its current round of deliberations over landfill candidates A thorough environmental assessment of the Nelson quarry could turn up problems not yet apparent she noted Pointing out that it has not yet been Archie much of his lime an organ and watching TV he lost bis Parkette by Fall The parkette scheduled to be built where the former Canadian Style Do nut a building stands should be completed by September of this year Town engineer Bob Austin says Steve of was awarded the demolition tender with a bid of Work should begin within days said Town purchasing agent Hugh Patterson There Is some concern over the storm sewers in the area Patterson noted because the sidewalks on the north aide of Mill St are being moved back to allow more room for traffic at the intersection With new sidewalks and gutters installed be moved or new ones built to allow for proper drainage of the area he continued However concluded Patterson the site should be cleared within days of the start of demolition Final touches will be com by the end of September at the latest 40 teachers to lose jobs Forty teachers in Halton will lose their jobs this summer Declining enrolment has made these teachers redundant Both elementary and secondary school teachers are affected with in each level Seven teachers In Halton Hills and four in Milton are caught In the squeeze Dont watch the eclipse A partial eclipse of the sun occurring here from 1 1 30am most dangerous to the eyes because the sun not completely covered emits invisible Infra red rays and Joseph Gibbons schools while three will lose their Jobs at Georgetown high school In the Milton and Acton areas two teachers will be cut from E C in Milton and two from Percy Merry and Brookville staffs Some teachers may be rehired in the fall when retirements and resignations are known Citizen of Year tickets available Tickets for the Citizen of the Year dinner honoring David van Bent ore available from the following places in Acton Acton I A Clothing Bank of Nova Scotia Hills Fur J and T Sports or by calling Jennie at Acton Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual dinner which will take place this year on Saturday June 23 at the Acton Curling Club Du Peter and Jim Davie part far he local department at Firefighters Fun Day at Prospect Park on art Are were attendance tar Backet Race fa For am photos Week Thro Ike Less en Page Inside Parks and Recreatfea is disabled brio the activities See EnBMU feat the tax rats by aaituialtocfcwoad Seepage Acta A a a- of gum tab Tk mm Vie Morris rtaarta a aiaUrt by Mark Holmci For most people retirement Is a time to alt back and enjoy life but for a man and his wife life after is turning Into a nightmare Archibald Harkina has lost both legs in the last four years and Instead of finding help from the numerous government and social agencies for the disabled he Is getting nothing but refusals and disinterest Mr Hor kins was a healthy robust 63year He was polishing floors at the Meadowcroft Senior Citizens Home in when he suddenly fell to the floor writhing in agony An ambulance was soon there and within minutes he was In tho hospital where It was diagnosed he was suffering from sclerosis hardening and thickening of the arteries In his legs The doctors told Archie the blood flow to his lower right leg and foot had been almost completely cut off and he would need several operations to correct the problem For the next few months Archie was In and out of the hospital as he went through three arterial bypasses that were to prove to be of no help at all Five months after last operation gangrene set In and his right leg had to be amputated below the knee For months afterward Archie was con fined to bed and a wheel chair and he had to quit his managerial Job at It was at this point that Archie problems began to mount Although paid most of the medical bills and Blue Cross covered per cent of the cost of the prosthesis there were still several hundreds of dollars In costs that came out of Archie pocket On a fixed income with no hope of senior citizen benefits for two years Archie and Katie Harklns watched their life savings go down the drain They left Guelph and rented a second floor apartment In Acton until Archie turned and was able to collect senior citizen benefits and a pension Three years after the amputation Archie had a permanent prosthesis and was fully recovered but he began having trouble negotiating the stairs In his home so the couple took an apartment In the Squires Lodge seniors apartments In It was after only a short time In his new abode that tragedy struck a second time He was hanging curtains with his wife when his left leg gave out The word from the doctors was another amputation In February of this year Archie lost his second leg Asa result Archie right prosthesis had to be replaced and and a new one made for his left leg Somehow he has to come up with or one quarter of his yearly Income to pay for It Archie said Blue Cross will cover about of the required for the legs and the rest of the money has to come from somewhere else almost year for socks and additional equipment for the legs It ridiculous how much stores charge for thesesockss said Archie Most people payllort2forapairofsocks Mine cost or more Archie has tried several organizations and government offices In hope of finding some one who will help him get funding for his artificial limbs So far there has been little or no response Welfare said they help Archie because he had an income over a month He local M gave him such a run around that Archie finally gave up Worst of all says Archie was the March of Dimes Foundation I couldn I believe it when they told me they only sponsored dis people up to IS years old Archie who served In France and Egypt during World War II said the Disabled Veterans Association help him either I ve been an active man all my life said Archie and I know I still be working today If I had my legs Archie also described himself as an in dependent person and the fact be can go far without his wheelchair Is demoralizing He is waiting for the of his left leg to heal and spends his time watching V and playing a small organ What bothers me the most about the whole situation that there are likely many rnore people with the same problem as mine and there doetn teem lo be much anyone can do about ft said Archie ruefully