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ht ninetythird year no 6 authorised as second class mall by the post office department ottawa acton ontario wednesday august 9 1967 ten pages ten cents special meeting last night negotiate with tannery for land discuss leasing south a special meeting of council called last night to discuss subjects involving the town and beardmore and co drew some spirited dtocaaslcn among members of council before the following motion was passed that the town submit two proposals to beardmores for their consideration regarding acquiring land for a sewage disposal plant addition and a dump site first proposal was that the town otter beardmore and co a 10 year lease on the south spring at the expiration of the present agreement and that the company pay for water at a rate of 9 a thousand gallons the rate they pay now in return tbe town will get title to the new dump site and new disposal plant site if in the meantime the water becomes potable drinkable the lease will terminate the second proposal was that the town and company negotiate a straight exchange of the new disposal plant site for the old dump site and the town take a 25 year lease on a new dump site as well as paying all legal costs for the transaction both these proposals came out of recommendation from a meeting of no 2 committee fol lowing a meeting with a repres entative of beardmore and co in which he made several reco mmendations to council regard ing proposals to negotiate with the company both these proposals were dis cussed thoroughly with reeve hlnton vehemently opposed as well as another resolution con cerning dredging on fairy lake beardmore and co is concern ed dredging of fairy lake will interrupt their supply of clean water for a period of time and they avsked assurance from tbe town that water from other sour ces would be available to them in the event this happened although the contractor thought there was jim danger of silt polluting the water he couldnt guarantee it when his dredge worked in the y recreation swimming areas young dlavsps the company requires2t0- wv 2 f 000 gallons of clean water a day and they were concernedproduc- tion would be affected if it wasnt readily available council after another long dis cussion which saw a sharp ex change between the mayor and reeve passed a motion agreeing to supply water to beardmore and co if dredging pollutes water at present town rates for one week and if further period is required a price be negotiated reeve hlnton was the lone me mber of council to vote against the motion he claimed beard more and co received prefer ential treatment on water rates and felt there should be no fur ther need of negotiation the meeting ended with a final motion authorizing clerk j uc- geachle mayor duby and coun cillor drinkwalter to negotiate with beardmore and co again the lone objector reeve hlnton who proposed earlier that both no 1 and no 2 committees of council be authorizedtonegotlate with tbe company first item on the agenda the site for a new disposal plant pre cipitated the most discussion as the reeve jumped into the fray while councillor ted tyler ex plained no 2 committee was try ing to tie the entire deal up into one neat package which will dove- tall together he expressed the committees desire to come up with a mutual agreement the reeve asked who broa ched the south spring councillor tyler they dldl well exchange something they have for something we have theyd like some assurance la cast they have a water problem its not costing the town any money councillor earl masales ad dressed himself to the reeve and said the water in the spring la not saleable not drinkable tta only good for industrial water the reeve remained uncoar vlncad the water could be com potable drinkable leant awe oftaring them a lease on the spring an asset to the town should remain an asset doat deal something we need wa need land for extension of sew ers which will benefit beard mores as well as other indust ries were not competent to de cide industrial water than might be wanted by another in dustry the reeve continued if we need land tor sewage ex tension we can pay tor it what if the company says it wont seu asked mr tyler we can expropriate the reeve stated mayor duby explained unnec essary steps could be avoided by direct negotiation with the com pany and felt certain the company was willing to negotiate why pay money anyway asked mr tyler when you can get it for nothing and make money the spring belongs to the town injected mr hinton the spring will still belong to the town said the councillor and we can make money on it why expropriate continued on page 3 at band camp two young boys returned sun day from a week of intensive in struction at the ontario youth music camp at beaverton this is the first time acton junior bandsmen have attended the camp and it is hoped that following the glowing reports from the first duo more will go next year at the camp seven hours a day were devoted to music with in dividual instrument instruction and band practice randy coker was taking instruction on the french horn and jack holmes on the cornet there were about 50 boys and girls there joining together for tbe band lessons every friday evening in bea verton the camp of the previous week presents a band concert the holmes who took the boys up heard the previous camps debut while the cokers were very impressed with tbe concert given by the acton boys co- players before they brought them home the canadian bandmasters association sponsors the annual camp there is swimming and recreation as well as instruction spring fairy lake dredging may affect beardmore water audrey laurence operates the justowrlter new type face the free press introduces a new type face in this weeks issue to further improve the legibility of the paper and make it more attractive for readers the new face is known as newstext it is produced on a machine called a justowrlter which turns out sharp clean justified coldtype copy a switch from the old hot type method employed for many years in the printing industry invthis age of computers and complex business machines the justowriter automatic composing machine is right at home the easytoread copy produced is proportionately spaced and the width of each letter is determined by its natural size so that the beauty of the type style is not impaired either by cramping or by too much space actually the process involves two machines the recorder on which a tape is punched and the reproducer which is oper ated from the tape automatically no the linotype hasnl gone out of style many of the type faces you will see in advertisements and special features will still be set on the old standby which revolutionized the printing industry when it was introduced however all the news type will be what is caued eight point newstext set on the justowriter the management of the free pres has always endeavored to keep abreast ct the latest developments in the printing in dustry and pass the improvements on to the readers whenever possible we hope you like this newest improvement and find it makes the free press easier to read mayor duby told last nights special meeting of council that the contractor for fairy lake dredging approached beardmore and co and asked forpermissi on to start work he felt work couldnt start until he contacted the owner of private land fairy lake is owned by beardmore and co the mayor told council the company was concerned about possible effects of dredging on the quality of water since the contractor could not guarantee the water wouldnt be affected they would like the town to make water available in the event the quality is affected councillor earl masales said it would probably only be for a short period of time he saw no reason why some agree ment couldnt be reached reeve hinton was opposed he asked why beardmore was asking for a guarantee they own the land they want us to guarantee water its none of our busi ness he maintained were selling water said tbe mayor and they want us to supply water echoedcouncillor masales the reeve maintained it would be foolhardy to guarantee any thing he felt the company had enough sources of its own with out getting water from the town mayor duby said it was a clear simple thing the comp- joan ramsden technologist consider concert a friday evening concert in the downtown area is being con sidered by acton citizens band as an experiment the bands men think they will arrange a concert in the united church parking lot during open shopping hours one of these fridays maybe even this week no local winners in safety contest prize winners in the elmer coloring contest no 2 have been listed and again there are no acton or district winners the bikes went to ajax andthomhill the fourth in the series ap pears in the free press this week miss joan ramsden has suc cessfully completed her canadian society of laboratory technolo gists exams and is no a regis tered medical lab technologist the daughter of mr and mrs bing ramsden rr 4rockwood she is working at st josephs hospital guelph any needs a supply of 200000 gallons a day in the event dredg ing disturbs the lake water it is just a measure to insure they get water if they need it they could ask us to stop dredging said councillor drin- kwa lte r the contractor doesnt want to trespass reeve hinton said the company couldnt stop it they know the power of conservation authori ties he argued the reeve further maintained another industry had complained about the town selling water to beardmore and co for 9 a thousand gallons he said the town cant produce water for this price the recommendation from the committee asked for a 9 price on water sold clerk j mcgeachie said wa ter was sold at the same rate to continued on page iast wednesdays severe thunderstorm was believed re sponsible for this cactus flowering at the home of wvr and mrs j mcculloch rr 3 acton the lovely white flower started to come dunnq the storm and by early thursday morning was out in full bloom mrs mcculloch here holding the desert flower makes no pretensions at being a gardener but she was delighted at her luck with the cactus 350 questionnaires out to town tenants at the request of acton coun cil the ontario housing corpor ation has begun its survey to de termine the need and demand for public rental housing in acton last wednesday 350 questlon- aires were mailed from the town office to all tenants listed on the assessment rolls although extra forms are av ailable at the town office for those whose present housing is inadequate very few have been picked up so far the proposep housing would accommodate either families or semor citizens living or working in acton whose present housing is unsuitable in some significant way and rents would be geared to family income both apart ments and houses will be con sidered when the needs are as certained the forms are to be mailed directly to the ontario housing corporation in toronto temptation nixed bell wont ring the old town hall bell nowes- consed in a cairn by the dre hall wont ring not for an em ergency or a midnight prank or ever no use trying children the clapper is out of it and when it goes back in itll be welded mute much too tempting the fire fighters decided a report on the survey will be made to acton council where the decision will be made if there is a proven need and it is decided to proceed with tbe hou sing the capital cost would be shared by the federal and prov incial governments the town accepts some operating loss and waives taxes over a certain amount the questional re asks number of persons in the household how many in the family are employed income rent paid and precise details about present accommo dation those replylngare asked why their present housing is un satisfactory not retrieved just reprieved advertised in last weeks free press a lost golden retriever dog didnt find his owner but at least he hasnt had to be destroy ed the dog wandered into a knu ave home and sympathet ic resident placed the ad three people came to see the dog but sadly decided it wasnt their lost dog finally another dog owner who recognized the value of the ani mal volunteered to pay its 2 charge into the humane society in guelph where a new owner will be sought for it yes its true best friend man is dogs careening car hits house four charges laid by police a bizarre accident on main st north thursday night following apprehension of an acton youth by police caused 600 damage to a vehicle and a house and re quired 37 stitches to close a gash in another mans forehead police picked up the local youth on four charges of impalreddriv- ing careless driving taking a vehicle without the owners con sent and escaping custody on main st n around thompsons garage then they called the owner of the vehlle to come and take it back the car was parked and at tempts to get the- gas pedal un stuck by the owner and a friend ended up with the car still in gear taking off with alton row- sell 121 poplar st inside the car mounted the curb and bit the house of douglas jackson 52 main st n causing 200 dam age mr rowsell was thrown throu gh the windshield sustaining a large gash which required 37 stitches he was treated by dr dw vander bent at acton med ical centre damage to tbe car owned by clarence mcleod was estimated at 400 constable lgated p thwaltes invest- will depict canadas history at playground windup parade hvasom op tmt cat creature in the barbie doll house brought laughing recriminations from the little girls in charge of this outdoor household the summersleepy puss sought the comfort and shade of the pink hot afternoon on the weekend canopied doll bed one staff photo the c weeks summer play ground ends officially on friday but the big windup will take plic- 1 lursday evening as the cmllrn parade down mill st the me for this years parade is the history of canada and it will feature the six stages of canadian life starting with the vikings and ending with a glimp se into the future it will start at approximately 630 pm and all the children will be in cost ume complete with floats deplet ing their era of canadian history following the paxade a pro gram for parents and friends will be held either at the park or the mz bennett school grounds de pending on where the procession cnj hans were still iuui- plete as the free press went to bed leaders hope theyll be able to muster a clown band to lead the parade but barring this will make up their own musicians heading the centennial play ground procession behind the music makers will be men from the long ships tbe first whites to step on canadian soil the vik ings leaders ectte hopkins and i linda rolston are looking after that segment of the parade behind them will come the in dians who are being looked after by jo marie marchment they will be followed by the eskimos hardy northern dwellers who are being herded by paul cooper and canadas pioneers a colorful lot will depict the early daya under the guidance of caved marshall confederation the triumph of union for the canad ian provinces will occupy the next slot and kathy krai baa charge of that section a look into the future of canada will be supplied by the last part of the procession which is left in the bands of bob and rews and marianne colas supervisor joanne laodstar- ough is arranging moat of the details for the final fling under program director ellaabtth atk- friday final day for another successful playground will be taken up with cleaning op