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wr if i va ninetysecond year no 30 4 oil acton ontario wednesday january 25 1967 authorized second clatjj mll by the poll otllco department ottawa fourteen pages tan cent new ami johjigey an xhalrtnart4f a long drawiiour discussion the recreation committee was chosen chairman of the amal gamated board of parks man agement and recreation com mittee at the first business meeting thursday in the town hall separate boards with the same personnel the dual role will be combined into one meeting each month vicechairman selected for the new board was brendan aherne the lone member from the previous parks board oth er committees chosen by the seven member borird arc as follows with the first named chairman property harold townslcy b aherne finance hugh patterson e mosaics program helen otterbeln h townslcy and recreation di rector howard pearce on the reason for a pay tele- phone in the lobby of the community centre vjas set off when recreation director how ard pearce asked the board to consider a hookup with his office phone many calls he re- cclves come in on the lobby phone making it inconvenient at times chairman goy review ed the history ofwhy a pay phone was installed he said it was primarily installed for emergencies following a drowning in fairy lake and was intended for outgoing calls members agreed it was j nuisance for mr pearce to have to answer the pay phone but felt the listing in the tele phone directory was at fault since no distinction was made between it and the one in the office the secretary was dlr- planning and development ccted to have the listing chang b aherne john goy e masai- cd in the next directory of sewage plant extension ces close vote at council es ted tyler jr administration chairman and the chairmen of the pro perty finance and program committees duties of the various com mittees werc discussed and mechanics of the meeting so hicjdual jduhes of thehonrd could be handled with the most dispatch hugh patterson act ed as secretary lntheabsence of secretary art cooper first item of business auth- oriiecd the recreation director to secure an extra night depo- sit bag from the bank so de posits could be made on a reg ular basis the property committee was authorized to make necessary emergencyoperating purchas es for an amount not exceed ing 110 providing proper pur chase orders accompanied the for the use of recreation dir ector howard pearce was also established mr pearce and arena manag er herb ritchie were delegated to attend a training seminar on arena management at bur lington february 15 and 16 at the expense of the board reg istration is 10 with an addit ional 13 to cover membership fees the course is sponsored by the recreation directors association and the arena ma nagement association separate contracts for the summer and winter seasons arc to be negotiated for the booth concession at the com munity centre with roy good win praise for mr goodwins operation qf the concession was tempered with caution as the prickly issue of booth ac cess by curlers has not yet been settled property chairman harold townslcy was on the receiving end of a complaint from pro gram chairman helen otter beln regarding the faded curl ing lines at the community centre and the condition of the ice a hangover from a de cembercomplaint by the euru- injr club mr towntley blamed the schombcrg shaver and a loose pin for the present condition the shaver had been repaired three times since the season opened and the erring- pin- was now secured by a bar which mr townslcy felt would soon correct the situation however he felt perhaps the shaver re- qulrcda complete overhaul chairman goy punctured a bump and heave theory in the arena floor stating the curlers should have the same treat- hockey teams ref erees would call a game if lin- es were as faint as the curling lines he m he urged the rcceeatlon dir ector to rectify the situation by calling in the schomberg company to shave the ice if ne cessary if the hockey club or the figure skating club comp lained something would be done said mr gov the curl ing club deserves the same consideration members attending the meeting included chairman goy brendan aherne helen ottcrbein harold townsley hugh patterson earl masales ted tyler jr and recreation director h pearce waif rtvxo oovtrnmtnt probiims on both county and municipal levels were forgotten saturday during the legion annual veterans dinner left to right corporal ray mason of the acton opp detachment mayor les duby and county warden bill coulter enjoy an afterdinner chat v du itupsite rezonmg on lengthy agenda at council tuesday hopes of acquiring a new lived quite a distance west of dump site for the town met the proposed dump site with disapproval of 49 people air drinkwalter said he was who sighed a petition and sub not aware a delegation would mittcd itto esquesing coun- be- attending the meeting and cil recently- no decision was said the 49 people were basic- reached at the township meet- ally concerned with a smoke problem he said they werent a proposed extension to ac- ions disposal plant spaced a lengthy debute tuesday night wherrcouncil members were split on u decision as to what capacity addition to build a- vole to accept the engineers supplemental report for an-ex- tinsion to serve an additional 4500 persons and to proceed with preliminary application to the ontario water resour ces commission and other con- tingencics squeaked through on a 54 coun l the motion was supported by deputyreeve f g oakes arid councillors earl masales ted tyler jr q w mckenzie anil charles perry an amend ment to this motion- to have engineers submit plans to the owrc for an increase to the sewage disposal plant to serve either 3000 or 4500 additional population went down to de feat itwas supporled bv ma yor les duby reeve h h hin ton and councillors robert drinkwalter and william wil liams as a result of an extensive survey of the black creek dur ing the past three years the owrc prepared a compre hensive report which showed the final effluent from actons disposal plant must be improv ed it was also pointed out the present disposal plant which was built in 1950 for a popula tion of 3000 people has a ca pacity of 300000 us gallons per day in the engineers re- port it was noted during the last year the average overload was 30 per cent so the plant had been processing approxi mately 400000 us gallons daily during a meeting january 17 since the january 17 com mittee meeting mr henry sub- milteda- supplement to iris or iginal report which outlined costs for an exlension to the plartt to serve an additional 4500 people the engineer not ed that if finances permitted ihe extension lo serve an addi tional 4500 people would be preferable as it would give ihe lown a larger reserve for po tential industrial development and would also make duplica tion ol llie original plant at some iu lure dale less- critical he requested council lo make a decision as lo the size required and then a prelimin ary application would be made to ihe owrc lor approval of ihe project v during ihe discussion tues day nighl dr oakes said ihe present plant had been built as a domestic sewage planl and wondered if it is still being used only for this purpose clerk administrator jack me- geachie replied it was dr oakes wondered if any consideration hail been given in the event thetjewplahtwas built to inking peardmore tan nery sewage and sharing the cost jointly mr drinkwalter noted this had not been consid ered al present then iho new planl would still be 100 per cenl domestic enquired dr oakes and was told yes by mr drinkwalter mayor duby said what might happen if we build- the plant is hope to acquire land frmjbeardmores to build and pernaps in ihefulure we might be approached by ihe company to discuss tannery effluent at present we have to consider what is needed nl present council was informed by mr mcgeachie thai if ihe decision to build a new planl was made it wouldnt possibly be com pleted before june 1969 reeve hinton was of the op inion council should consider a smaller addition which he fell would be adequate in com parison with growing popula- tion he compared a larger dispusaj plant to building a school for ihe future and hav ing a number of empty class rooms not filled for a num ber of years mr drinkwalter said if i thought the schools- were just building for today i would be very upsot ii was pointed put to mr hinton the advan- tage of having a larger dispos al plant would be the ability j to handlcnot only domestic sewage bill possible industrial growth sewage councillor ted tyler remark ed we desperately need a sew age plant the facts arc there and we cant fence them or beat around ihe bush we can not afford to dilly dally around mr mcgeachie noted ihe present population is 4353 people and said it was reason able to assume that in two years time this would increase lo 4500 people based on the in- crease in housing during 1966 when 27 families moved to lown v the next step toward ah addition is to submit prelimin ary plans to the oavrc for approval over 150 vets attend annual dinner at legion v the clerkadministrator re vealed at council meeting- that 27 new families moved to town last year ing a new site has been sought for a number of years jnd late in 1966the possibility oftocat- ing a dump site on the wester ly border of town on a piece of land owned by the town but located in esquesing township seemed to be the logical solu tion to the dump problem permission to establish a dump site on this property was requested from esquesing council on monday january 16 49 ratepayers atlended esquesing council meeting and presented a petition objecting tothc pro posed dump site councillor drinkwalter and members of his committee attended the esquesing council meeting when the petition was receiv ed it was noted several of the- names listed were resi dents of acton while others mg mothers will cai forxontributions rnexfmonday marching mothers will be collecting duurlodoor for the march of dimes next monday evening january 30 and house holders are asked to leave their porch lights on to welcome them thcv will canvass ihe one evening only in the annual drive for funds for the rehab- ilitation foundation for the disabled television and radio star betty kennedy is ontarios chief marching mother and fifth cmdklate w gmies joins haton cast tampatgo william d gillies an unsuc cessful candidate in the 1963 provincial election has an nounced his intention to seek the new democratic partys nomination in the new riding of halton east mr gillies 46 years old is currently serving a second year william ft 0bjjbs of a two year term on oak ville council he became the fifth political hopeful in the riding to announce his inten tion to seek a major party nomination liberals robin skuce and murray haesler both of oak- ville and progressive conserva tives bill bateman and wil liam b sargant also of oak ville have said they would seek their partys nomination for the next provincial election persistent rumors indicate the election might be held in late may or early june mr gillies a native of nia gara falls served in the can adian armed forces in the sec ond world war and in korea he and his wife mildred and daughter bonnie lyn moved to oakville in 1958 where he is employed by the bp refinery ha baa been active in poli tics for many years john gil bert ndp mp from toronto broadview will be the guest speaker at the ndp nomina tion meeting to be held in the club galaxy on tuesday jan 31 so far no other candidates have come forward ihe head of the acton drive is mrs don van fleet local captains are mrs stan cripps mrs lloyd robinson mrs done mason mrs don lindsay mrs bern van fleet mrs len lovell mrs a wal- die mrs b vcldhuis mrs a- orr mrs an ford mrs gor don mckeown and mrs gerrv pargeter they are assembling l heir own canvassers appeal lettershave been sent by mrs van fleet to 27 busi ness places and she has distri buted dime cards to stores for donations these brightly col ored cards with slots for dim es have been attracting ihe at tention of shoppers who con tribute a dime of change if the callers find no one at home they will leave envelop es so donations mav be sent later a force of 40000 women is expected to be oul in canada next week and all the money raised is spent in- canada on rehabilitation x handicapped persons ceatemia flag first m acton tbe first centennial flag to fly in acton was raised last thursday afternoon in a cere mony about as unpretentious sit could be- legion treasurer cord mccutchcon hoisted the blue and white flag below the canadian flag at the legion flagpole with an audience of aware of the towns intentions to provide sanitary land fill with an alternative of purchas ing an incinerator to burn gar bage i am amazed to find resi dents of town opposing a new dump site stated mayor les duby councillor g w mckenzie enquired how much longer the existing dump could be used and learned about one more year from councillor drink walter mayor duby noted council had been seeking a dump site for three years as he remarked we are now reach- ing the saturation point it was agreed to wait for an an swer from esquesing council a yearlong struggle by jake van der kooy to establish an electrical business at his home at the corner of main and ri ver sis is continuing after his first application to have his property rezoned from resid ential to commercial was turn ed down by the ontario munic ipal board i the refusal was based on lacttotnritotmafi61i regarding reasons why the property- should be rezoned mr van der kooy recently made another application to acton planning board and it was upheld by the board which recommended to council the second applicat ion be processed to the omb tuesday night the request was presented and a resolut ion to proceed with the appli cation was approved with reeve h h hinton and coun cillor ted tyler jr opposing councillor earl masales en quired if the renovations made at the van der kooy home complied vviji the building permit and learned they- had from the clerk mr drinkwal ter said planning board had agreed with the application but he was of the opinion the application should be studied further by no i committee in order lo discuss possible char ges for applicants requesting changes to the 2oning bylaw councillor masales stated all points had been discussed last year and council should ciome up with a sound solution and set a policy immediately coun cillor charles perry remarked the man has been dragged through this for a whole year now clerk administrator jack mcgeachie informed council the usual procedure he follows in such applications to make a draft plan of the actual use of the area involved and sub mit this plan with the applic ation to the omb this was nor done in this case he stat ed reeve hinton asked why continued on page 6 o no 2 committee ol counci17 town superintendent alf duby and engineer glen hjinry from r vrariderson associates the engineer presented plans for a sewage plant exlension the same size as the existingplant and updating existing equip ment lo serve both plants it was learned at ihe com mittee meeting the present es timates ofcosl are 324000 for ihe plant and equipmenljplus 72000 tor llhe tertiary treat ment- it was also estimated thai 40000 or this cost was for extending and updating present equipment ernie marks heads committee ernie marks was named the 1967 chairman for the acton committee of adjustment on monday evening during the in augural mevting in the coun cil chamber engaged as secretarytreas urer for the year was iain williamswho replaces former secretary jack mcgeachie during the business session kcn an application for n sfdeyard padre and hoped in this capacity variance was received from jack mcmullcn it was agreed to hold a public hearing feb ruary 13 al which time a de cision will be made over 150 veterans enjoyed a hot roast beef dinner as they recalled memories of past wars during the annunlacton legion veterans dinner satur day in tbe legion hall chairman for the dinner h h hinton introduced head table guests first vicepresident gord james fire chief mick holmis corporal ray mason of the acton opp detach ment mayor- les duby lcg6n president max storey rev dwight engel from trinity united church rev a h mc kenzie legion padre and min ister of knox presbyterian church rev ritchie mcmur- ray from st arhans anglican church second vicepresident barney ennest deputy zone commander bill shields from oakville and halton county warden bill coulter each head table guest spoke briefly congratulated ihe leg ion members on their excellent record and wished the branch every success inithe fulure mr mcmurray said he en joyed the companionship and admired the vitality and enth usiasm legion members dis played mr engel congratulat ed the legion choraliers on their excellent singing abilit ies and wished them success at expo corp ray mason said he had enjoyed attending the annual gathering for the past 24 years and reminded members with out the ladies to provide a wonderful meal the- event would not be possible mr mc kenzie said he had enjoycdthe cigljt vears as legion to continue warden bill coulter thanked the executive for the invitation and took the opportunity of i hank ing e throughout the acton area for their assist- arice in his election as wardeh he told members he had been pleased lo sec the fine service and dinner extended the past warden during the wardens dinner held in the loginn hall last year legion president max storey thanked members for thcir splendid cooperation as he re marked i havenever had any onerefuse to help when ask ed he had a special vole of thanks for the poppy commit tee of last vear which comp rised sam brunelle jim hig- ginsand pat waldic and ex tended thanks to veteran leg ionnaire sam snow for h ing ihe new membership board and legionnaire bob angelf for attaching names to the board the president reviewed pos sible projects for centennial year in acton and noted the fall fair board is instituting plans we might even have a special night of our own he remarked as he noted suggest ions are being discussed wor w i v ancc as wcllasthc only two lady members mrs- jim mc- knight and mrs harvey lam bert received a round of ap plause as they stood to be rec ognized at the conclusion of the din ner veterans gathered in down stairs rooms to enjoy enter tainment and singing later in the evening many returned with their wives to enjoy the saturdavntghtdance in the legion hall crossing guards 200 children hear safety lectures by 0pp court costs for offences vary ing from- impaired driving to speeding mayor duby congratulated the legion for having the first centennial flag flying in town quiet they are happy to say aptly describes the week of business experienced bv the acton opp frtim january 15 to 21 two hundred and thirty work hours and eight hundred and twentytwo miles patrol- fed saw four irallic charges and 16 warnings issued while one minor accident resulting in ss5 damage was investigat e- only three minor occurrences ol a sundry nature were re ported while criminal activity was apparently nonexisleril magistrates court in milton saw three men pay a total of si 4050 in fines and 1850 in public school crossing guards as well as grades four five and six at robert little school listened lo safety ice- lures from police personnel throughout the week approxi- malcly 200 children were lec tured- a warning issued by a police constable is done so at his own discretion in issuing a warning- the officer has de duced that the person sowarn- cd understands the situation and possesses sufficient intelli gence toacorrect his mistake failure to do so can only re sult in stronger disciplinary ac tion being taken warns cpl rav mason uttu wondbt high school basketball teams are in top place with a beautiful group of gals like this to cheer them on to victory kneeling in front with their mascot left to right are nancy morris gail dunne marie timbers and marianne coles back row left to cathy clark linda lawson jackie lee bev brunelle pat wheeler sharon white and irene severinski missing when photo was taker wasvudy connell two accidents cause damage damage was estimated at around 300 by constable bruce mcarthurof the acton opp detachment when he in vestigated a two car crash sun day afternoon a car driven by ann symon willow street was reported to have stopped on mill st e waiting lo turn onto bower avenue when another east- bound car driven by stuart johnson elizabeth drive crashed into the rear of the symon vehicle damage to the symon car was estimated around 175 and lo the johnson car about si25 ob monday morning con stable peter campbell investi gated ah accident on mill st e when a car driven by wil liam near reported to be backing out of a driveway backed into a parked car own ed by phillip drysdale also of town damage to the drysdale car was estimated around 100 to the left door m v a x 3 3 v d av i ai i r r i i i m 3